of Stardust and the Beasts
Poetry, prose, stories, and other creative writing experiments.
the Six Sentence Café & Bistro #7 | the Nervous Poet Finds a Room
For this week's Six Sentence Story in the SSC&B world, I had way too many thoughts: Is it out of character when the one who's afraid of the dark suddenly gets overly curious about the only light in the hallway—or is it just that her curiosity wins over her fear... does reality bend in the café when everyone is off on their own adventure and accidentally bump into each other... does the author lead the character or the character lead the author, and why am I so inclined to find boxes... is a change in the narrator's voice considered poor writing, like the overuse of filler words—or am I simply overthinking it as I sip my pitch-black coffee... the prompt word... it is balloon, I must use it for sure... think I should go downstairs... You can find all the other participants of the...
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Ten Thing of Thankful #12 | Blog Hops and Communities
TToT, aka the Ten Thing of Thankful (or Ten Things of Thankful), is about finding the enjoyable things in life and sharing your gratitude with all the other participating authors, bloggers, and all. I think the best part of it is actually the sense of community, oneness, and good vibes one gets from participating in it. You can find all the entries at the link-up. Ten Thing of Thankful #12 First — the six sentence weekly prompts by Denise. I love reading all the other authors' stories every week and linking up my own. It's a completely different experience from simply writing because there's a community attached to it, and that makes it all the more precious… Second — Music. This week I...
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Poetry On the margins of the First Draft #6 | a Prayer
This piece from Margins of the First Draft makes me think I wrote better poetry in my teens than I write now. (Authors Note) a Prayer Here I lay In the darkness of my room Praying to all the Gods that I know That someday, Somewhere, Someway We can meet each other And have conversations drunken on wine Poetry on the Margins #6 If There’s a Next Life If this one is not enough...I hope to share one another in a waythat goes beyond great sex.It feels moreintimate. But... I do hope we would have a lot ofdrunken nights on wine and walking hand in hand on a dark avenue.And when I get tired, I'd just plop my head down on your shoulder, and thenyou'd smile and stroke my hair or kiss my forehead.And...
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Six Sentence Story #16 | Prompt Word: SHUFFLE
This week’s blog hop and six-sentence story was one I felt quite hesitant about, because every time I reread it, it somehow manages to become more and more depressive. I’m not entirely sure why—maybe it comes from writing for and while loops in university to the point...
Six Sentence Story #15 | Prompt Word: RELAY
This week’s prompt word for the six-sentence story in our community of blog hoppers was really fun to work with. Over time, I had several different ideas circling in my head on how to use it and make the story a bit different from what I usually write. I wanted...
Six Sentence Story #14 | Prompt Word: ORDER
For some reason, I’ve always liked to step in and out of characters when I write. I’ve also noticed something a bit strange about my process in the weekly six-sentence story blog hops: I tend to write the sentence with the prompt word first and then build the rest of...
Poetry On the margins of the Second Draft #2 | Fragmented Poetry
I have wanted to do this for a while—try something like hybrid writing and mix poetry with reflections on the process itself. Sometimes it’s strange, as my mind tends to get inspired by lines from my old work, and then I write something new. The last Margins came to...
Six Sentence Story #13 | With Prompt Word: MARCH
I wanted to post this one warm and raw. This week’s six-sentence story feels more like a poem, and I was afraid that if I sat with it any longer, I’d over-refine it into something it isn’t. So it’s a bit of a crossbreed... an experiment for the blog hop or something...