The single candle barely lit the stone walls, but another unearthly light emanated from the bowl of water in the middle of the room. Frustration and anger floods through the shadowy figure standing over the bowl as his control over the body lessens. The bowl goes dark and the image of a wooden door, recently
Hello everyone! So after months of wrangling four children and battling depression I am back! Seriously couldn’t be happier about this right now. It’s been a long road and my therapist and I have decided that keeping up with my blog is healthy for my mind. So here I am! 🙂 I’ve also decided that
Hello Readers! I’m back this week with another “short story”! Since this month is all about characters, I’m going to describe Alana in more detail. I know this may sound boring but hear me out. I’m going to do this: I’m going to write these as scenes of dialog between characters. These two separate scenes
Hello Readers! So, this month I want to talk about building characters. If you are just looking for a questionnaire (or two) feel free to scroll to the end. If you google “character traits” or “character questionnaire” there are a million different things that pop up. I’ve found doing a questionnaire is helpful to get
Hello readers! Today we have another short story. The prompt is actually the prologue for my book Blood Slave! J It’s not the original prologue that I had in mind, but I think it makes for a better beginning. So, here it is! Lisia practically skipped down the trail to the small clearing in
Hello Readers! Today I’m going to introduce my latest book. ? Let’s see, I had this idea two or three years ago because I was frustrated about how all vampire stories make them stay in hiding. Think about it. They are essentially at the top of the food chain and they stay secret. How does
Hello my dear readers! Today I’m posting another short story and tomorrow I will be posting again to tell you about my book!!! I guess I should preface this with I suffer from depression and anxiety and at times things get incredibly hard. Writing these stories, though they are dark, help me through that. Turning
Hallooo! (said like Tigger) Here we are for a second time! Amazing! Today as promised, kind of, is a short story. It is from a writing prompt found on Pinterest. Yes… I know. I call Pinterest, The Deep Dark Hole because I always spend way more time on there then I intend to. ANYway, it
Welcome to MJ’s Literary Theater! I am MJ and super excited to take you on this journey of mine to become a published author. Creative writing has always been fun for me. In elementary school I remember writing this short story for Halloween about a girl who just moved into a house and across