Category Archives: Lesson 1

Merle Derryberry, owner and maître de of the West Tennessee beer joint “The Rooster Run,” lived with his wife Nancy in a trailer outback. He was born in Corinth, Mississippi, a little ways south of the Tennessee state line. His … Continue reading →

A warm September afternoon in suburban Hamilton. Enzo is watching a soccer game on tv and Maria, his wife is in the kitchen. The doorbell rings. Enzo automatically stiffens even though he is expecting Maria’s parents to arrive for Sunday … Continue reading →

I am currently writing a novel and I am using this as way to help create better characters. So, down below, I will describe one of my main characters. Please let me know what you think and tell me how … Continue reading →

A dense, sticky, July day slowly leaves behind a more welcoming evening. My pizza and a tall chilled glass of wine will escort me to “porchville”. Curling myself up on the lounger, drawing my hair back I settle in to … Continue reading →

She was better off without him around; she had to know that by now. What good I am to her if I can’t keep her safe. Nick told himself as he packed his gear to leave just like last time, … Continue reading →

He listened as the front door closed softly, as she put her keys in the dish on the table in the hall and began to quietly walk up the stairs.  He tried to keep his breathing slow and even as … Continue reading →

Her fingers grew numb as she rapidly tapped in a staccato-like fashion on the keyboard of her laptop. It was a daily routine. Up every morning,  review email, then hours of relentless typing.  The post would be her twelfth for … Continue reading →

Kingsley found it odd that everything was quiet as they alighted from the taxi at the venue of the party. It had snowed earlier in the day making the evening weather icy cold as the four of us trudged slowly … Continue reading →

Kelly was very shy and had been picked on in school growing up.  And she was so misunderstood. Kelly was sitting in her cubicle at work at her job and could overhear some of the comments from her co-workers. “Oh, she’s just so … Continue reading →