Sarah Butland – Imagination Captured

If you want to start at the beginning of  this challenge/ serial story please visit Abandoned! Damage Done Helen wasn’t sure what to do. Walking home without her brother seemed the worst of her options but going back to the crowd was intimidating and seemed useless without a picture of the boy she’d be looking […]

Start the story by visiting “Abandoned” or read on to learn about Charlie. 🙂 Charlie wasn’t always the town’s gossip. Writing poetry in solitude was how she spent her days but, now in grade 11, she felt the pressure to pick a study and college or university to apply to. Her parents, a dentist and […]

See part 1: Abandoned Lucas was not about to leave before the rest of the crowd called it a night. Helen already thought he was such a baby and this was a chance to prove her wrong. He felt he was old enough to take care of himself and was surprised she seemed to feel […]

In celebration of completing the A to Z Challenge, and not missing a post, I decided to stay motivated and expand my daily posting but this will be a bit different. Last month each post was random, about words that inspired my passion for writing but now I’m going to write a bit of a […]

This is it! The final installment of the A to Z Challenge and, once again, it’s a challenging letter. I first titled this post Z is for Zombified as it feels like I’m a zombie these days, trying to balance everything I want to do while continuing to do what I need to do. I […]

I was going to write Y  is for You as without you, while I would still write, life wouldn’t be the same. You, dear reader, keep me on track, motivated and aiming to please with my writing. You are the reason I publish and not just write, you are the reason I hire cover artists […]

I thought it was impossible to find a relevant word for today’s A to Z Challenge but I found it and it’s a great one, once you know what it means, just don’t ask me how to pronounce it. 🙂 Xenophilia means an affection for unknown/foreign objects or people. People have always fascinated me and […]

Having willpower is vital in the long term writing game. I used to check my sales daily, being discouraged when the graph showed absolutely no movement – even when I offered a book for free. In this A to Z Challenge post I’m covering this very important topic with respect to dreaming big! While deciding […]

In today’s A to Z Challenge post we tackle the letter V and for that I chose variety over victory though both are so important. With variety I find I do feel victorious more often. Give me a challenge and I’ll tackle it. While it may not be my best work every time it lets […]

Deciding to work for yourself takes a lot of guts and requires one to just take the leap or, responsibly, weigh the ups and downs of taking the plunge. In this A to Z Challenge I’ll go through some of the ups and downs I’ve personally considered during my life. A definite up would be […]