
Blood like ice, and nerves of steel,
Who's to say how a man will feel?
When the first time comes for the use of a gun,
But, it's not like the movies. Killing's not fun.
So, you wish to God that it wasn't for real.
That's blood like ice, and nerves of steel.

On the top of the rocks at the top of the hill she sits in the sun. The wind blowing through her blonde hair, her Harley parked below on the grass. Her head is down, her hair covers her face. She twirls a wildflower between her fingers.

The word "Fusion" screamed at him from the vibrant neon lights over the archway as he walked through the door.

With summer now over, I remember that 3d grade Miss Dardiss making us write that dreadful back-to-school assignment; "Write an essay about what you did this summer." Oh @!$%#, the truth would kill her - it was the summer for lots of sexual exploration at the sailing and tennis cl …

My sons and their dad routinely write poetry. I never have. Just wasn't my "thing."

Interesting news headlines are tough to come by.
We as writers, Strive for the creation of sensational headlines. In our attempt to lure readers to an article that we feel may have value, We sometimes lose the intended message in the creative script of the Head Line.

Here are the themes for the week starting tomorrow. In this week, we begin to see how these themes not only affect ourselves, but our attitudes and feelings towards others. Enjoy!
WEEK 3 (15-21)
Elizabeth Gilbert: A different way to think about creative geniusSource: Facebook Blog
Elizabeth Gilbert muses on the impossible things we expect from artists and geniuses -- and shares the radical idea that, instead of the rare person "being" a genius, all of us "have" a genius. It's a funny, personal and surprisingly moving talk.

I step through the doorway trembling.
You should understand something--
in the box, you've got two options.
Sun filters through colored windows, staining the sheets,
Soaring like maniacal birds through the pews.
My grandfather stumbles to his seat.
He is born...so am I.

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I cut myself tonight. I hadn't done it in ages. I don't know how it came about. Well, I suppose I do. I helped mum out and she bought me a bottle of wine because she knows that is what I love more than her.

For the uninitiated, NaNoWriMo is shorthand for National Novel Writing Month.

On Superior Street, in a quiet, neighborly part of Angola, Indiana, a three-story Victorian-era house painted bright shades of pastel pinks and blues stands as a monument to the town's history.

Beauty, it's all around, like sound
It's in a young girls smile,
And it's in your style,
It's in an old man's laugh,
Or it's in a bubble bath,
It's in a young man's charm,
and an old woman's yarn.
Beauty, it's all around, like sound

At our last, super fun, although poorly-attended, show in Athens, Ohio, Flotation Walls painstakingly brainstormed this challenge. And then we got a new job, wrote a grant and left our guitar at the venue. And then we forgot about it.
Meeting Every Superhero's Needs In BrooklynSource: The New York Times
"We are really the only resource in the metropolitan area for superheroes," said Sam Potts, a designer who played a key role in the concept of the store.

McDonald's Neglects Bacon on Bacon, Egg, Cheese Biscuit

I had performed 8 shows in a day, I felt hard working and rewarded myself by catching a taxi to my good friend Chris's place.
He was having a housewarming and I decided I would go in a moderating
capacity, knowing full well that everyone else there was going to get
@!$%# faced.
Th …
Creative Writing for ExtraterrestrialsSource: Christian Science Monitor
There are no easy answers. "I leave here with a headache a lot," says graduate creative-writing student Christina Ingoglia. "We're always constructing our audience. We can't assume a basic understanding of language – we can't assume anything."

Back by popular demand, the kind of popular demand that redefines the word "popular" to mean two people out of thousands, I bring you, Film Noir, Part Deux

This is my Romance/ Valentine's Day submission for 'Writing Down the Bones'.