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The words preceding the story are just as powerful. Enjoy both, and let them resonate for these first few days of the new year… A Fullness in Brevity – Adam Byatt Today I am posting a piece of flash fiction I have been working on for a while. The second half of 2014 was turbulent…
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1. Writing provides discovery, clarity, cleansing, understanding, epiphany, courage, belief, hope, and love — all for yourself as well as for others. 2. Writing keeps you focused on what is most important for you; it’s a natural journey that keeps you moving, keeps you going, keeps you clarifying and refining that journey. When we write,…
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This is my last post for 2014. I made some bold decisions in the past year regarding my writing, and I expect to see the benefits in 2015. Not because I can kick back and cherish the fruits of my labor; it’s because I have laid the foundation to really begin doing the hard work…
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Grateful for the kind words about my latest short story. . . . A Fullness in Brevity – Adam Byatt A writer I admire, Rus VanWestevelt (@rusvw13) has released a Christmas story, The Christmas Rose. A rose is covered in snow in a garden in Bremen, northwestern Germany. (Carmen Jaspersen/Getty Images) It’s free to read,…
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Yesterday, I published my short story, The Christmas Rose. It’s been less than 24 hours since I shared it with my readers, and I wanted to answer a few questions about why I wrote it. Q: The story is pretty long — almost 8,000 words. Most people aren’t reading pieces that take more than a…
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“The Christmas Rose” By Rus VanWestervelt, December 2014 If you would prefer to download ‘The Christmas Story” as a PDF file, you may do so HERE. Dedicated to Patrick and Sandra, whose sons Ryan and Danny, respectively, passed away far too early in their young lives. May their spirits, and their love, live…
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Post 616.122014 “Missed it by that much.” -Secret Agent Maxwell Smart We decided that tonight would be a great night to take our annual trip to 34th Street in Hamden to check out the lights and lawns as only Baltimore can do. We left a little before 7 p.m., stopped at Starbucks to get a…
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There is a fierce wind blowing outside, howling and whistling through the paper-thin lines of space here and there, making music out of something I cannot see. Our lawn is coated with the remnants of autumn, a patchwork quilt of dying hues that shift in shape by that same, invisible wind. It is a scene…
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Yesterday afternoon, I spent a good hour at my local library researching topics that interest me greatly: spirituality, love, peace, and writing. You see, I’ve had some pretty good plans lately for new publications. Most of them center on improving your life through mindfulness and spirituality, using writing as a vehicle to living a more…
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Dear Orioles Players: Congratulations on making it to the 2014 playoffs and beginning the series with two dramatic and convincing wins over the Tigers! There are a few things I want to share with you that you probably don’t know. How can you, though? More than half of you were not even born when the…
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