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I made this world for you, he says. He’s ripping into the grass and weeds, his fingers turning brown, the skin around his nails bleeding red. I cleared out the weed and cleaned up the mud.

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Sometimes I don’t understand how everyone keeps going.

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I’m the mother of repetition.

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I did the stupid thing again: I spent hours looking through the world news right before bedtime and now I’m convinced the world is going to crumble before our eyes. Frankly, I can’t even fully say that this is an exagger...

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Happy early Halloween, friends!

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I’ve been thinking about myself at nineteen all week. I’ve been thinking about a lot of things and honestly, not a lot of it made sense (which explains the quality of this post), but I'm going to subject you to them anyw...

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My brain is constantly running scenarios. Somewhere in the back of my head is a 24/7 movie theatre that plays back-to-back hits of my personal favourites: old memories, impactful conversations, that one-very-good-day, an...

","url":"https://thewriteaday.com/read/f/worst-case-scenario","title":"Worst-Case Scenario","summary":"My brain is constantly running scenarios. Somewhere in the back of my head is a 24/7 movie theatre that plays back-to-back hits of my personal favourites: old memories, impactful conversations, that one-very-good-day, an...","date_modified":"2022-10-16T23:55:23Z"},{"id":"https://thewriteaday.com/read/f/deliberation","html_content":"

So much of life takes practice.

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I’m on the upward spiral right now.

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Happy Summer, folks.

","url":"https://thewriteaday.com/read/f/away-for-the-summer","title":"Away for the Summer","summary":"Happy Summer, folks. ","date_modified":"2022-08-06T23:02:17Z"},{"id":"https://thewriteaday.com/read/f/to-my-younger-self","html_content":"

I’ve been seeing a lot of this, lately.

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If it isn’t obvious already, I’m something of an obsessive. I get fixated on things, ideas, concepts, and yes, even people (oops). So, it should come as no surprise that I have collections.

","url":"https://thewriteaday.com/read/f/random-thought-dump-3-collections","title":"Random Thought Dump #3: Collections","summary":"If it isn’t obvious already, I’m something of an obsessive. I get fixated on things, ideas, concepts, and yes, even people (oops). So, it should come as no surprise that I have collections. ","date_modified":"2022-06-15T02:14:45Z"},{"id":"https://thewriteaday.com/read/f/monsters-in-the-making","html_content":"

Have you ever created a fictional monster of your own?

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The best thing I ever did was release myself from the expectations of who I thought I should be.

","url":"https://thewriteaday.com/read/f/someone-and-somebody","title":"Someone and Somebody","summary":"The best thing I ever did was release myself from the expectations of who I thought I should be.","date_modified":"2022-05-22T15:25:23Z"},{"id":"https://thewriteaday.com/read/f/random-thought-dump-2-invisible","html_content":"

If you could have a super power, what would it be?

","url":"https://thewriteaday.com/read/f/random-thought-dump-2-invisible","title":"Random Thought Dump #2: Invisible","summary":"If you could have a super power, what would it be? ","date_modified":"2022-05-17T02:13:11Z"},{"id":"https://thewriteaday.com/read/f/years-and-years-more","html_content":"

It’s my birthday soon.

","url":"https://thewriteaday.com/read/f/years-and-years-more","title":"Years and Years More","summary":"It’s my birthday soon. ","date_modified":"2022-05-10T02:24:36Z"},{"id":"https://thewriteaday.com/read/f/happy-and-sad","html_content":"

I had a tough week.

","url":"https://thewriteaday.com/read/f/happy-and-sad","title":"Happy and Sad","summary":"I had a tough week. ","date_modified":"2022-05-01T22:45:14Z"},{"id":"https://thewriteaday.com/read/f/random-thought-dump-1","html_content":"

Today is not about writing. Today is about speculation. I might make these into a series given how many times I tend to ruminate on random thoughts. Or I might not. Either way, I hope you enjoy this.

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\"Chaos people acquire real estate in your mind. They’re supposed to be tenants, but they act like they own the place. They will start with the small space you allowed them but slowly, they will start stretching out, spil...

","url":"https://thewriteaday.com/read/f/chemistry-and-tension","title":"Chemistry and Tension","summary":"\"Chaos people acquire real estate in your mind. They’re supposed to be tenants, but they act like they own the place. They will start with the small space you allowed them but slowly, they will start stretching out, spil...","date_modified":"2022-04-18T20:46:04Z"},{"id":"https://thewriteaday.com/read/f/redmoon","html_content":"

Submission: NYC Midnight Short Story Challenge 2022 (Round 1)

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I have been bothering my friends with my little fixations for several years now. My interests arrive suddenly and with the intensity of a heavy storm. Once something grabs my attention, I belong to it fully and completel...

","url":"https://thewriteaday.com/read/f/friendships-and-stupidity","title":"Friendships and Stupidity","summary":"I have been bothering my friends with my little fixations for several years now. My interests arrive suddenly and with the intensity of a heavy storm. Once something grabs my attention, I belong to it fully and completel...","date_modified":"2022-04-04T01:24:50Z"},{"id":"https://thewriteaday.com/read/f/thought-and-a-half","html_content":"

I find endings the hardest.

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What distinguishes good horror from bad?

","url":"https://thewriteaday.com/read/f/fear-and-its-substitutes","title":"Fear and its Substitutes","summary":"What distinguishes good horror from bad? ","date_modified":"2022-03-21T00:58:49Z"},{"id":"https://thewriteaday.com/read/f/people-and-motives","html_content":"

One of my favourite things in this world is to analyze people. Not in the psychological way—I’m not going to pretend I know how to do that—just in general. I like watching people and I like wondering about what they do a...

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I’ve been thinking about how hard I find it to keep my promises to myself. It’s never a problem when I promise something to others, but when it comes to myself, it appears I lose all integrity.

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One of my favourite kinds of stories are the ones in which I can tell that the author was really having fun with it. In fact, in any art form—be it writing or music or the visual arts— I love seeing the thrill the creato...

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The other day I was working on a short story and halfway through it I stopped because I realized it would end up being quite short.

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Love is in the air, folks.

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Relax.

","url":"https://thewriteaday.com/read/f/sitting-back-and-letting-go","title":"Sitting Back and Letting Go ","summary":"Relax. ","date_modified":"2022-02-07T00:20:11Z"},{"id":"https://thewriteaday.com/read/f/letters-and-those-characters","html_content":"

I really struggled with what I wanted to write about this week. I wasn’t sure what aspect of writing I could share with you that hasn’t already been shared a million times before. And then I realized this is my blog and ...

","url":"https://thewriteaday.com/read/f/letters-and-those-characters","title":"Letters and \"Those\" Characters","summary":"I really struggled with what I wanted to write about this week. I wasn’t sure what aspect of writing I could share with you that hasn’t already been shared a million times before. And then I realized this is my blog and ...","date_modified":"2022-01-31T02:35:41Z"},{"id":"https://thewriteaday.com/read/f/starting-over-and-over-and-over","html_content":"

A story as old as time: you have an idea.

","url":"https://thewriteaday.com/read/f/starting-over-and-over-and-over","title":"Starting over. And Over. And Over. ","summary":"A story as old as time: you have an idea. ","date_modified":"2022-01-23T19:41:07Z"},{"id":"https://thewriteaday.com/read/f/change-and-its-side-effects","html_content":"

I continue to change despite my best intentions.

","url":"https://thewriteaday.com/read/f/change-and-its-side-effects","title":"Change and Its Side Effects","summary":"I continue to change despite my best intentions. ","date_modified":"2022-01-15T16:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://thewriteaday.com/read/f/ideas-and-their-origins","html_content":"

My New Year’s dream (fuelled, no doubt, by the copious amounts of Prosecco and cake in my system) was about a “moth person”.

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End of year again.

","url":"https://thewriteaday.com/read/f/up-ahead","title":"Up Ahead","summary":"End of year again.","date_modified":"2021-12-31T16:42:00Z"},{"id":"https://thewriteaday.com/read/f/beautiful","html_content":"

His last pick up was at one in the morning, about a kilometer from his recent drop. The customers had been a happy-tired couple, going home after a Friday night dinner. They had been pleasantly surprised when he’d spoken...

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How does it work again- the clock? The big hand to twelve, the small hand to five, the big hand to twelve- did I ever tell you about the time that I fell asleep on a ferry and went back and forth all day?

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It was unfortunate that he was so good at his job, because he didn’t always enjoy it. Often, he wished he could kick back and relax, be blissfully ignorant like everyone else, but the committee had found use of his skill...

","url":"https://thewriteaday.com/read/f/suspected","title":"Suspected","summary":"It was unfortunate that he was so good at his job, because he didn’t always enjoy it. Often, he wished he could kick back and relax, be blissfully ignorant like everyone else, but the committee had found use of his skill...","date_modified":"2021-07-12T13:26:04Z"}]}