September 2023: ‘Believing Is Seeing’ Is the New Saying
It’s September! Happy Birthmonth to my Canadian cousin! Last month’s plan didn’t work out the way I thought it would. As they say, you either win or learn… Learning from Life’s Twists and Turns It has been a year already…
August 2023: Time to Do What Makes Me Happy
Last month, it was time to follow my own star, and it led me straight to this month’s motto, do what makes me happy. You guessed it right; it’s going to be all about writing and stories. My writing adventure…
July 2023: Time to Start Following My Own Star
It has been a long time since my last update. Life happened, but writing was never far off my mind, or my hand. After a year of trials, changing homes and countries, switching jobs and careers, I can now focus…
The Twin Thieves – A Gruesome Flash Folktale for Adults
Disclaimer Folktales weren’t always cheerful stories to entertain. Sometimes, they were harsh and dark for they needed to be scary to teach a valuable lesson. For instance, every young girl needed to fear the big bad wolf in the woods,…
Happy for Summer: New Normal Looks Promising
Summer arrived bringing happy moments. I hope it did for all of you as well. I got to visit a new place and have new projects. Family brag: My nephew graduated high school and became an Eagle Scout. I couldn’t…
This Year’s Motto: “I am grateful, and thank you!”
Last year has been hard, bad, and terrifying. But in the middle of chaos, I found hands stretched all around the world to help me out. Yes, they were virtual hands at first. Then I saw faces, and finally, I…
Get to Know Victoria Griffin, Author & Professional Editor
As I said in my previous post, I got to meet new people thanks to my writing group, The Write Practice. Since they convinced me to get out of my comfort zone, I had the pleasure to interview not only…
Meet Gwen Heifner, Author of The Elementum Series
This week had been full of surprises! Old introvert me stepped outside my comfort zone and talked to new people in The Write Practice, a writing group I just joined. Yes, I did it. And what started as a dreadful chore—interviews—ended…
July’s Works in Progress
I’m starting a fresh adventure! (No, no travel for me just yet. In these strange times, I believe it’s wiser to stay put. At least for a little longer. Instead of hopping in a car or plane to visit magical…
If God Wanted Me to Have Money… – A Short Folktale
My great-aunt Nanna used to tell me Moroccan folktales so I would stay still while learning an art she deemed essential, knitting. The magic words at the beginning of each of her stories “hajitek, majitek” [Moroccan Arabic for, “Let me…
