Graphite on Sawdust

Just put pencil to paper– how hard can it be? 0.7 mm #2 graphite against compressed sawdust bleached eggshell, crossed in cerulean and salmon. How hard can it be? Just a tiny bit of force aided by friction. Just tendons and ligaments, muscles and bones. Is that all it takes to make art? Words are …

The Seventh Day

Most things that I like to do come to me in phases.  I’ll have a historical fiction phase, a guitar-playing phase, a baking phase, etc.  These phases repeat throughout my life,, but they only come at certain, unpredictable times. When they come, I try to take full advantage of them, especially when it’s a phase …

In Need of Advice

Dear readers,   I find myself in a new situation–not that that occurs so infrequently; new situations happen all the time. The difference is that in this situation, you can help me!  I am considering submitting a story to my school’s Creative Arts Journal.  As I have never submitted a story to a school journal–or …