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Home at last
She crouched under the gallows, careful not to make a sound.Tiny drops of sweat rolled down her blood-stained face. Her eyes were swollen, her cheeks burned, her arms and legs felt limp and she...
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When life invites
It happened on my third year of teaching. Morning classes had just started and I still felt groggy after spending half the night checking papers.Students seemed to have suffered a similar fate as the...
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What is draining you?
They wrapped their links around meScraped my skin, hurt my hands and feetThe weight was much too heavyWould I ever be free from this?Each link seemed like a hundred pounds weightAs it cut the fine...
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Maybe next year
The sun was setting when she finally arrived home.Emily scanned her surroundings. There was no wind, not even a leaf or a bird drifted in the sky. Shequietly got out of her car and walked the short...
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Book Review: The Survivor by DiAnn Mills
Crime novelist Kariss Walker is asked by Dr Amy Garrett to write her story about a brutal childhood assault with the secret intention of catching her assailant in an entrapment operation. The book is...
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Of books and fighter planes
I've joined the Writer Wednesday Blog Hop for a number of times now and each time, it's been a thrill. The picture prompts don't always create the spark for me but when they do, I just have to tell the...
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A step closer...
I mentioned in a previous post that something’s coming up later this week. The good news came a month ago but I’m only talking about it now because I’m sure it’s really happening.I had a series of...
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The icing on my cake
The recent announcement I made here about Flash 500, where two of my short stories are featured, definitely put me back on high gear. And an award from a fellow blogger that came at just about the same...
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Letters of Life
I haven't written in a while but couldn't pass up the chance to join the writing challenge of Romantic Friday Writers.This month's theme is LETTERS and what's a love story without them?...
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Against all odds
I wake up every night, cold and afraidBeads of sweat mix with my tearsDreams mirror the reality that stares at meMy heart cries outWill I ever have my chance?A gust of wind topples me down Blows my...
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The Magic of Batanes
Modern contemporary living has its own appeal to most people. However, a rest from its noise, pollution, and crowded cities is always a welcome rest for the jaded soul. One sure place to give this...
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When push comes to shove
I’d like to take a break from my usual reflections/doodles here on my blog to talk about something else. Today is August 26, a holiday here in the Philippines due to the celebration of National Heroes’...
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Going a step further
I've often heard that writers are born, not made. It's either you have what it takes to be a writer or you don't. Well, I don't know which one is true except that if one wants to be something, a...
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Moving on
There was a time when Erin met Jack and he held her hand that made her feel warm and fuzzy all over. Erin's heart skipped a beat as she shyly held her hand out to him. It fitted right in like a hand to...
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Follow Fest
Welcome to Melissa's Follow Fest Day 3, a platform building opportunity for writers of all kinds.Name: Anne Organista Fiction or nonfiction?FictionWhat genres do you write? I write mostly romance,...
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Not just another history lesson
A visit to the 9/11 museum three years ago aroused my professional curiosity. While I empathized with those who lost loved ones on that fateful day, my feelings were divorced from any human anguish....
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I'm Back!
Surprise, surprise! I'm back! It's been ten months since I last posted here. There were times when I asked myself whether I should take down my blog since I wasn't posting anything anyway. But somehow,...
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Picture Perfect
My husband gifted me with an oven on our last anniversary. Unlike some women, I never took cooking or baking lessons when I was younger. So getting an oven for a gift was either a gentle request to...
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Family Reunions
I was in a family reunion of sorts this weekend and an old aunt whom my siblings and I haven't seen in ages was there. We went down memory lane as she recounted story after story after story of how...
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It's storm season once again
“I don’t like the weather in the Philippines,” a foreign student of mine blurted out one day. When I asked why, she replied, “It’s scorching hot in the morning, becomes windy at noon, and rains like...
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Beautiful Old Goat
For this week, I'm back to short story writing. I'm taking the WEP Challenge of Denise over at Write...Edit...Publish. This month's topic is Changing Faces. Hope you enjoy it.The alarm clock shrieked...
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Good Days and Bad Days
She got on the bus and looked around for an empty seat. She spotted one with an elderly lady sitting by the window. Keeping her handbag and two shopping bags on her left and right shoulder secure, she...
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Weddings
How do you feel about weddings? I attended two weddings this month and I realized that weddings in the Philippines are always big celebrations. Everyone looks forward to the most anticipated bridal...
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I Love because
Yesterday was Valentine’s Day and while I’ve always thought it’s highly commercialized, the day is a good reminder of why we love.I had a classmate in high school who prepared her Valentine’s gift for...
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Snow Day
It's been a while since I wrote some fictionbut when I saw the prompt from Write on Edge, snow and secret revealed just made the right fit for me. So here's what I did with it and hope I did it well....
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