This was a story that got rejected, but I didn’t feel like looking at it again so I’m self publishing it on my blog. Enjoy! “Strong Women” By Denise Ruttan Suzi did not think of herself as a strong woman. When people talked about strong women, she didn’t know what they meant. Was that like […]
Searching for music in a world of monthly subscriptions
I have an older iPhone 6s. Its battery is still fine. It still works just fine. Its screen is pristine and not cracked. So I have not wanted to pay hundreds of dollars for the latest model. But I decided to try Apple Music the other week, thinking, $10 a month gets you all these […]
A writing confession
All right, writer confession time. I have not been writing lately. That’s why I was putting off this blog post. Usually I blog about my writing process and I had nothing to write about writing. I have been tinkering away at DRAGON GIRL, and in fact got 2,000 words in. I’m still excited about this […]
Drabble: The Creature That Steals Bodies
I submitted a drabble to a publication so now I’m experimenting with very short fiction, between 100- and 300 words. I thought flash fiction was a difficult length. I don’t have much to say these days because I am working on DRAGON GIRL so I thought I’d work on these as well to keep my […]
Starship Earth
He doesn’t like this. The way the stars feel in his hands. All cold and rotten, slimy, like the fish he ate for dinner. He wants to clean himself. He desires to see his skin again. Empty of the callouses of the constellations. Will it ever be home? Will he ever come apart at the […]
Amid listlessness, listening to an internal call to action
I am listening to the rain on the roof, a soothing sound. But I did not want rain in June. Weather, as wishes, are like horses, after all; gloom and air pressure changes notwithstanding. I am still working on my outline for DRAGON GIRL, so not much writing news to report. I have completed my […]
Morning blossom
I see you shadows congealing in the iris of your eyes which manifest so sublime even in the mist I see you even when you’re not okay even when you’re trying to be okay when you’re okay it’s okay to be okay I hope you know I see you. // Support my creative work? Donate […]
Oh, you know, just a week of outlining and practicing the guitar and simmering anger
This is not a good week for creativity. I must recognize that some weeks are going to be harder than others in these extraordinary times. I’ve felt increasingly helpless and angry about systemic racism, unrest and the lack of leadership, and some days I can write through anguish and other days I just can’t. This […]
My journey from fiction to journalism and back to fiction again
I often get mistaken for a new writer. I don’t know if it is because I am open about my struggles, or because I complain sometimes and ask questions, or whether this is simply a burden that women who look young for their age must always carry. Women must always tell strangers their age, and […]
On writing every day and staying creative while the world burns
I started my first week of writing every day and I have to say I am excited enough about it to keep going. I started on Monday and averaged about 1,000 words a day in a short story I started about werewolves to submit to an anthology. At first I thought the hour I had […]
