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Well, NaNoWriMo was an absolute bust. I spent most of November buried in homework and sick. My final word count was just shy of 15,000. A dismal attempt, to say the least. With any luck, I will still be around next year to try again. As December arrived, and is now steadily passing me by,… Continue reading It’s Been Awhile…
November has been a whirlwind, and we are only ten days in. I signed up to participate in NaNoWriMo (National November Writing Month), so that has kept me occupied beyond belief. The election consumed several days from me. I will not discuss political opinions here, as that isn't what I created this page for. Instead,… Continue reading NaNoWriMo – A Reflection on Writing
It's officially November and I am participating in NaNoWriMo for the first time! Below is a few paragraphs from the first chapter of the novel I am writing for the project. It's rough and needs some revisions, but I am eager to share with you guys. I plan to share more highlights throughout the month… Continue reading 2020: The End of Humanity – A NaNoWriMo Novel Exerpt
Something drew me to you, right from the beginning. Everyone around me told me not to fall for you. I wondered why they made me keep my distance from you. When we finally got together, everything was so perfect, but my friends kept telling me to stay away, you're trouble! I just couldn't bare to… Continue reading Confused – A Poem
After traveling home from Missouri, I've been really struggling this week to find the motivation to write a blog post. It's not that there isn't anything to write. Quite the opposite. There is so much I want to say that I cannot pick one single topic that is more important than the others. If you… Continue reading Finding the Motivation to Write
I'm at the end of my rope and it's about to break. I stand there wondering how much more I can take. The feelings deep within me now, my chest aches as it tightens. My body hurts, my head pounds, The stress within me heightens. All my life has been this way One step ahead… Continue reading Weak – A Poem
Watching the stars fly by through the glass bubble of a window, I couldn't help but feel nostalgic for what I was leaving behind. Never again would I soar over the azure blue craters near my home while chasing my friends. I would never swim in the caves of Neptune, safely nestled a hundred miles below the surface of our beautiful hostile planet.
I read somewhere that Cancer takes everything from you. I refuse to accept this. Yesterday started rough for me. After traveling all day and not getting much sleep the night before, I woke up moody. So did the baby. We were both a little ornery and sleepy. My brother and his two little kids came… Continue reading Things Cancer Can’t Have From Me
As I was going through my writing folders today, I found this poem from 1998, when I was 14 years old. We had days of rain due to an El Nino storm. I'd never heard of such a thing before. Also, I was deep in a Shel Silverstein fueled haze, hence the comical and playful… Continue reading Blame It On El Nino – A Playful Poem
Yesterday you told me Why you were dying. I didn't believe you would But you left me so alone. All the pain built up With no one to talk to. Bottled up inside, you said No one could cure it. The silent disease of solitude. You couldn't break free. Chains held you down. Now I… Continue reading Broken Free – A Poem about Suicide
Cathy Marie Bown 