Waiting for Rain, Part I

This is the first in a short series of free-writes I began a few years ago. My main thought at the time was characters living in a post-apocalyptic world, and their ways of processing it. Not sure if I’m going to do anything more with these segments, but I enjoy looking back through them on occasion. I can kind of see them appearing in graphic-novel form…

— C.M.

Creativity Takes Practice

I’ve found myself struggling through a bit of a dry spell with my writing recently. Call it what you will: COVID stress, cabin fever, writer’s block, etc. The fact of the matter is lately I’ve been feeling unmotivated, uninspired, and even a little nauseated by the idea of spending one more afternoon sitting in front…