Pin ItAnd now for some fiction! I’m linking up with the talent at Write On Edge. My response to this prompt: You have 450 words to write a fiction or creative non-fiction piece about the forbidden or the taboo. She was born the fourth child to parents ill prepared for the job their lust handed…
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Crumpled
Pin ItHe had been a crazy love, a neurotic, rocked me to my bones, pushed every sexual button I owned love. We were like oil and water, he the quiet, dark and dangerous, me the ornery, transparent and flirtatious. When we weren’t igniting each other’s skin with passion, we were igniting each other’s anger. We…
Hungry, a TRDC post.
Pin ItThe smell of the browning sausage made Mandy realize just how starved she was. As she reached for the bottled sauce, she smiled down at the sleeping Matthew. Such an easy baby, she thought, continuing her dinner preparations. She was fixing Ethan’s favorite, spaghetti. Hoping the gestures would catch his attention, Mandy had made…
Just do it!
Pin ItDealing out the deck, one card on top of another across my bed. One, two, three, flip. Nothing. One, two, three, flip. Nothing. Nothing. My life was full of nothing. I followed a boyfriend 335 miles from home for college where he promptly broke up with me. Christmas break had come and gone and…
The Joke, revisited.
Pin It“Hello, this is Ethan.” “Hi Ethan, its Peter Cho. I’ve got the disclosure on the Stoneridge house.” “And?” “Yeah, you’d better. The seeping we saw along the foundation? There was a lawsuit between the builder and the original owner over it. The builder ended up paying out $20,ooo but the owner pocketed the money….
Where she wanted to be.
Pin ItIn response to this week’s Red Dress Club’s prompt, I’m debuting a character I’ve been “developing” in my head for a while. I hope to write her stories here, as time and motherhood allows. And if any of you can tell me how to “listen to my characters,” I’m all ears. Kicking off…
The last time.
Pin It“This was absolutely the last time” That’s what she told herself. She was done with online dating sites, done with Craigslist creeps, done with finding “the One.”Was she done with being alone? Yes. Was she done with picking up guys in bars? Yes. But online dating, come on. These sites sucked. Match never made…
Lush
Pin ItIt was the summer of 2005 in Northern California and a beautiful day to see the ponies run. My new boss and I drove across the bay and met with our sales advisor, Rick.  It was his foal running that day but we were really just there to introduce me to Rick and to…
Red, a TRDC memoir.
Pin ItPlease take the time to give to Poppy from Funny or Snot. See that cute pink button to the right? She’s joining up with Momma Kiss to do the Susan G Komen 3 day walk for Breast Cancer! It was Valentine’s day: just another day for a careless pony tail, sloppy sweats, for classes,…
Oh crap! #TRDC
Pin ItPeople…see that pretty pink button to the right? Poppy of Funny or Snot, is joining up with my blogsbian lover MommaKiss to do the Susan G Komen 3 day walk for the cure. Please click and give and help her reach her goal. And if you need a little bling, she’s also giving away…
