Umber, ochre, auburn Subdued and somber Tinting my view As my mind wanders Blurring the lines Of hazy daydreams With vintage tones That feel like home And a wistful mood Reminding me of you
Umber, Ochre, Auburn
Lost Track
Somewhere along the way I lost track, stumbled off the path, stopped fighting back. I vanished into the void, drifted into a black hole. I couldn't find my way home, wandering with my eyes closed. Now, brick by brick, the words are starting to click. Bit by bit, inch by inch, measure by measure, choose... Continue Reading →
Naked Honesty
No matter what might happen,if our paths never againcollide and intertwinein these affectionate ways, at least I have the peaceof knowing I met my most pressing need,summoning naked honestyto tell you that I love you.There are some things I regretbut I'll never regret that,even if you couldn't say it back.
Foraging
I'm scanning the skies for something to be working toward Instead of trudging along wondering what I'm foraging for I've been picking up castoffs from the cutting room floor My arms are full of scraps and remnants but I'm wanting more Something of my own that hasn't been imagined before
Miss Cadaver Excerpt #2
Here is another excerpt from my work-in-progress novel, Miss Cadaver. It's told from the point of view of a reanimated corpse. Darryl is the "mad scientist" with a day job at a medical school. Lydia is his wife who is not pleased with his project of bringing the dead back to life, but she's sympathetic... Continue Reading →
Demon’s Grin: An Excerpt
This is the opening to my novel Demon's Grin. I'm not crazy about the title, but I've been working on this for almost three years and haven't come up with anything better. For a while, the working title was Love and Destroy, after the Franz Ferdinand song, which is about the book The Master and... Continue Reading →
Miss Cadaver Excerpt #1
This is the opening to the novel I'm currently drafting. It's called Miss Cadaver, though I don't think my resurrected corpse uses "Cadaver" as her last name. I haven't decided on a name for her yet. The naming of people, places, and things stalls my writing progress more than it probably should. Anyway, this is... Continue Reading →
Publishing a Poetry Book: Publication and Distribution
As with all the posts in this series, this one comes with a disclaimer that I am by no means an expert when it comes to self-publishing. I put a lot of work into my books, but once they're published, I move onto the next project and put almost no effort into promoting them. I... Continue Reading →
Day Job Update
September kind of got away from me in terms of posting here. I'm back at the job I quit last November when I finished my accounting degree. In February, I learned I did not like working a desk job, and I quit that one after a few weeks. So I'm back where I was a... Continue Reading →
My Story is Available
I published my short story We Were Six. It is available as a free download on Kindle through August 25. Here's the description: We were six in number. We had been six for a while, all girls. Their father is king of the faeries who live deep in the woods. The girls await his seasonal... Continue Reading →
Michelle Wicklow 