Fiction

It’s all fruit: Traditional versus Self Publication

Good Day, lovelies! Since I mentioned the aforementioned title in […]

Why I stopped the sale of my book.

Happy Valentine’s day, my loves! It’s been a few weeks since my last post, but do not fret. I have been busy with getting this second book entirely finished and […]

Author

So, you want to be a writer…

Hey! So, you want to be a writer! Fantastic! Go you, you Wordy-Wordsmith-Wendy, you! Not only are you talented in the art of typing or jiggling a stick around on […]

Author

You know you’re a writer when…

“If you find yourself asking yourself (and your friends) ‘Am I really a writer? Am I really an artist?’ Chances are you are. The counterfeit innovator is wildly self-confident. […]

Blogging

Thirst: A recurring, passing thought

I greeted you warmly with my hand against your cheek while we stood in the snow. If only I could have told you how excited I was, how my stomach was […]

Author

Strange things happen when writers congregate…

Having writing buddies is incredibly important for us writers/authors. These […]

Fiction

I refuse resolutions. Excerpt Alert

2015 has been an interesting year for me. A lot of changes happened and some were not in my control. From starting the year in a new position at my […]

Blogging

Don’t mind me…

He cupped his slippery entrails with the tail of his shirt like he’d just plucked a few apples in the orchard. Body fluids seeping through, leaving droplets stained upon his […]

Blogging

Forms of fictional writing.

There are only ever two forms of fiction writing: 1. When your fictional people won’t shut their traps long enough for you to write coherent sentences. 2. When your completely […]

Boredom

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The loud humming of the digital hotel alarm clock served as the metronome in her hypnosis. Thoughts circuiting through her mind of events taking place moments before. The bed sheets […]

Boredom

The Writer’s Mirror: Darkness Within

I find that embracing your inner darkness is something everyone should do. Examining my thoughts and experimenting with them helps me understand it in incredible depth. We all have it, it’s […]

Boredom

Glitter Bomb

Have you ever sat and thought about the random phrases we say? I do. And to entertain myself, I like to think about the literal situations you would feel compelled […]

Death

Fat Death

I have once stood in the same room Where death has sat, happy and fat Swollen full from the life that once laid before him Mocking those victimized from the […]

Christmas

The Writer’s Mirror: Emotional Creature.

In an attempt to break up the monotonous […]

Fiction

Brief Story: Jumper

All of my recent shorts have been story ideas. This one is no different, except that I came up with it quite some time ago. It’s inspired by a personal […]

Fiction

How’s the stew?

Here’s a little sequel of “Tea or Lemonade.” I just couldn’t help myself. The following video helped with inspiration and I think you’ll find it quite fitting. “Goodness, Papa! This here […]

Erika Castle

Author, artist, southern woman, witty tag line extraordinaire!

Fiction

It’s all fruit: Traditional versus Self Publication

Why I stopped the sale of my book.

So, you want to be a writer…

You know you’re a writer when…

Thirst: A recurring, passing thought

Strange things happen when writers congregate…

I refuse resolutions. Excerpt Alert

Don’t mind me…

Forms of fictional writing.

125

The Writer’s Mirror: Darkness Within

Glitter Bomb

Fat Death

The Writer’s Mirror: Emotional Creature.

Brief Story: Jumper

How’s the stew?