Sharon’s note: Stories are such a part of the human identity that sometimes, all you need is a line or a hint, and you know exactly what the person is talking about. These days these parts of stories are called tropes, and they get trashed for being predictable. Yes, if they are used badly, they …
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Good Boy Pt 6
Sharon’s note: My husband and I have been married 15 years, so I feel like I have a little clout to talk about relationships. It gets toted around a lot that communication is the key to a working partnership, and it is, but there are two other elements that are needed to make things work, …
Liminal Spaces Pt 6
Sharon’s Note: So, I used to work in an abandoned pacemaker factory. We were trying to turn it into office space. It was a creepy as it sounds. A lot of the atmosphere for this story came from those buildings, but one thing I decided to leave out was the spiders. Now I like spiders, …
Carnival Girl Pt 8
Sharon’s Note: I’ve never liked scenes where the existence of magic is revealed, and the human character flips the heck out, complete with screaming and crying fit, followed by running away from the supernatural, even if they’ve been friends until this point. I’m not saying the person should be stoic, but if the person breaks …
The King of Stories: A Villain Leaves One Story, and Enters This One
Sharon’s note: So enters the villain of Wes’s musical. This was intended to be wholly his project, but . . . well, I had an idea. Out of nowhere. I don’t normally even write poetry, but I woke up one day and wrote a song. It’s not fantastic, and the stage directions are probably worse, …
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Good Boy Pt 5
Sharon’s note: Writing is hard. It’s a balancing act to make characters that the reader likes and wants to read more about, but still create drama and plot so that everything stays interesting. Also, I’m a squishy person who doesn’t like doing bad things to my characters. Inserting any conflict is hard, but it must …
Liminal Spaces Pt 5
Sharon’s note: There are no new stories. That’s okay. We never really get tiered of hearing the old ones, as long as they’ve got a new coat of paint. I’ve consumed a lot of stories, whether it’s a book I’ve read or a movie I’ve watched. Very few plot twists surprise me, but that doesn’t …
Carnival Girl Pt 7
Sharon’s Note: Liking someone when you’re young can be confusing. You get confused and you don’t know how to act. It’s part of that whole ‘growing up is hard’ thing. We make a lot of mistakes, but that’s how we learn. It’s scary, but that’s important to get through too. Warning: Author is still working …
Happyish Ending
Sharon’s note: I got this idea from a discussion in the chat of an AutoCrit video. The line was “He said I’d gotten stronger. I agreed, so I punched him in the face.” I wanted to build on that idea, so here it is. Warning: Author took an idea and ran with it. Something they …
Good Boy Pt 4
Sharon’s note: In most romance, werewolf alphas are pictured as broody power-tripping jerks. I’m not a huge fan of the dark and troubled romance option at the best of time. I like a guy who can make me laugh. Besides, true alphas are caretakers. Warning: Author is really tiered of the same old romantic interest. …
Gray Matters: The Works of Sharon and James Gray 