"It's not fair." Tessa snapped.
"I know, but–" Caroline started.
"I shouldn't have to do something I don't want to do." Tessa turned from the mirror, the white chiffon of her wedding dress whispering on the pockmarked wooden floor. "I shouldn't have to marry him just because father wants me to."
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This week's prompt is: "It's not fair. I shouldn't have to do something I don't want to do."Continue Reading
"Whatcha thinkin'?" I turned my head and studied my grandfather's profile. He looked so old. In his little brown cap and paisley sweater vest, with his slight hunchback and silky white hair.
I'd never spent this much time with him. But now that I lived in the same town as Gramps, my mom had told me I needed to spend more time with him and take him for a weekly walk on Saturday mornings. Continue Reading
This week's prompt is: Never underestimate the lives of old men sitting on park benches.Continue Reading
Shayna ducked behind a curtain. She hid her face in the shadows of the green velvet and pressed her body as close to the wall as she could. She sucked in her gut and held her breath. She focused on the wet dog scent of the fabric instead of the damp cold seeping from the window into the drywall against her back.Continue Reading
This week's Wednesday Writing Prompt is: She fixed her hair and hopped nimbly through the window.Continue Reading
This week’s writing prompt is from 642 Things to Write About by the San Francisco Writers’ Grotto and Po Bronson. I’ve had this book for two years and have only done ONE writing exercise from it. It’s time to put this book to good use.Continue Reading