Enlightenment Under a Blanket of Snow “Show up and be #present,” the shaman said. “But how do I do that when I’m not really here?” I asked. Silence settled around me like a blanket of snow. His unbreaking stare commanded me to the here and now. Understanding arrived, and with it, enlightenment. #vss365 You […]
Rural Fantasy
by ima erthwitch
Ice Snakes
Ice snakes Amy ordered ice cleats the other day. We laughed about that. She never goes outside. Not even in winter because there might be snakes. Ice snakes come out in winter. They hide under the snow and you can’t see them at all until all you see are the little glassy red eyes. By […]
The Curse of the Creative Mind
Yesterday was a super-productive day for me, but boy it was hectic. I had things to make and words to write. Both wanted to be done at the same time. Oh, if only I could make a clone of myself to do my creative bidding while I worked on other projects. But that could become […]
What Am I Doing? Not Writing. But I Am Sculpting.
It’s not fair to say I’m not writing, but I didn’t today. Yesterday (or was it the day before?) I finished chapter 11 in 2nd Hit. By the way, I want to come up with a better name for each of the titles, including the series name. “Bounty Hunter” doesn’t say much about the genre […]
Idea for a Scene from a Handful of Rose Hips
I rarely get inspiration for full stories all in one fell swoop. Most of the time I just get an idea for a scene. Sometimes it’s a scene for which there is no story yet. Yesterday as I gathered rose hips from the short bushes on one of the logging roads at Wild Ozark, a […]
Back to writing
After another too long interruption, I’m back to attempting a daily wordcount. Today so far I’ve added 263 words to chapter 10 of 2nd Hit. I did those this morning and now that I’ve got supper simmering I think I’ll go add a few more. I have lots of excuses for not writing regularly, but […]
Still writing
This is just a brief post to let you know that I’m still working on the next book in my Bounty Hunter series. I don’t have many readers of this blog… well, actually, I’m not sure if I have ANY readers, lol. Anyway, I finished chapter 8 and sent it out to beta readers the […]
Rural Fantasy Art
Usually I draw pictures of plants and other nature things. I’ve never tried my hand at drawing images from my imagination, but I wanted to do a “Rural Fantasy” series. So I needed to get over the need for realism and let more creativity flow to do it. Once the images began to take form […]
Savor
The burn crept higher, rising from her root. Her throat reddened. Savvy dinner guests would have noticed. Depending on the energetic pattern her gift took today, it would either give or take life. Heal or kill. So today was a taking day. Soon, she knew, the tremors would start. And once she crossed the threshold, […]
Silence
There was nothing. Not a sound or even a waggling leaf in a slight breeze. Barely two weeks ago, I’d spoken to her, right here in this spot. And now? Even the acorns refused to speak. Ordinarily they were the loudest of all the forest, but I could never tell if it were the […]