Category Archives: fear

#IWSG – So you want to be a writer…. (pt 4)

Posted on December 2, 2015 by dSavannah

Well, it’s that time again: I said I’d participate in the Insecure Writer’s Support Group blog posting (first Wednesday of every month), so here I am. Post #4. Sadly, I haven’t really got anything to say. Or much to say. … Continue reading →

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Book Launch: Naked in Public

Posted on October 15, 2015 by dSavannah

In the early early days of my blog (December 2012), children’s author Christi Zellerhoff answered The Questions. Well, apparently she has kept up with my ramblings (isn’t that nice?) and contacted me late last month to see if I’d be … Continue reading →

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Reconstruction

Posted on August 13, 2015 by dSavannah

I can imagine that turning into a butterfly hurts. Not so much the cocooning – the wrapping yourself up in a warm dark place – But waking, blinking and disoriented, in a different state – every fundamental thing about you … Continue reading →

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W is for…

Posted on April 27, 2015 by dSavannah

…Widdershins What in the heck is “widdershins”, you’re probably asking? Well, according to the book of the same name by Charles de Lint (my other Very Favorite Author), “to walk ‘widdershins’ is to walk counterclockwise or backward around something. It’s … Continue reading →

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S is for…

Posted on April 22, 2015 by dSavannah

…Stigma Fighters At about eight years old, a little girl starts being sexually molested by her older brother. Her parents don’t notice that the formerly happy, vibrant child turns sullen, quiet. Another little girl is sexually molested for over two … Continue reading →

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Another side of the story…

Posted on November 28, 2014 by dSavannah

It’s *his* story, but it’s also mine. Because that night, many years ago, we were the second people he called after he shot and killed a man. We were there with him, all night, as he paced and paced, and … Continue reading →

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The Questions with Chad Clark: writer and #AtoZchallenge2014 partner

Posted on May 4, 2014 by dSavannah

Holy cannoli. My last entry for The Questions was July 2013. Ten months ago. Wow. I am feeling like a major slacker right about now. Or that I’ve been majorly busy. Actually, that’s it. Majorly busy. Life. Work. The pursuit … Continue reading →

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