Well, it happened: another milestone on the writing adventure. After many years of writing stories, I have my first one published! It’s a short story in Unlocked Daily Readings for Teens. The fact that it’s science fiction is especially exciting for me—the first novel I ever wrote was science fiction.
Tag Archives: Adventure
2021: New Year, New Adventures
A new year is like a new notebook: A fresh start, full of new opportunities. Stark and white as the midwinter snow around us, the crisp blank pages eagerly await to be filled margin-to-margin with adventures. But we have to live out our story before we can write it down. So, for now, on theContinue reading “2021: New Year, New Adventures”
The Secret Writer
Sometimes I think I’m the most secretive writer ever. I hide in the corner with a laptop and hide my screen when someone comes near. When someone asks me what my story is about, I say, “an adventure” (truthful, but too vague to mean anything). I fumble over my words when asked for a plotContinue reading “The Secret Writer”
The Greatest Story Ever Told – Unlocked Devotional
Someone doesn’t have to know me for long to learn I love to write. They don’t have to know me much longer to discover I have a fascination with The Hero’s Journey and every element of a good story. For a few weeks, I thought I was the only one who knew about this plotContinue reading “The Greatest Story Ever Told – Unlocked Devotional”
Happy Summer!
For someone who loves learning and structured, scheduled, and busy days (school), I really love summer. It’s a chance to make my own exciting, nonstop plans for each day (daunting, but a challenge I readily accept), to do things I wouldn’t usually be able to do during the school year, and travel to new places.Continue reading “Happy Summer!”
The Writer’s Journey
Last summer, I attended a writers support group and heard a successful author say, “We writers are always in turmoil and chaos inside.” Almost a year later, the lessons I learned that day still ring clear. Writers are faced with a daunting task – the weight of the world in our pencils. Sometimes my headContinue reading “The Writer’s Journey”
Abby Ciona 