The scariest place to be is inside the mind of a writer.

When I was much younger, I used to wonder what real writers "thought" about. I'd hear people say things like "What kind of twisted mind comes up with this stuff?"--usually referring to some bizarre horror story.

I never thought these writers were really twisted. I just figured they went ( Read more... )

So I had this dream the other night...I was driving around and stopped at the home of my parents' old friends: Steve, Edna, and their son, Teddy. Now Steve and Edna have been deceased for years and I have no idea what happened to Teddy. I DO know that he once had the hots for my sister. I caught them holding hands while we all walked in the woods. ( Read more... )

My sister and I are at a restaurant. Weirdly enough, several of my characters are there, also ( Read more... )

Yes, I've been having them lately. Though I'm pretty good at dream analysis, I have to admit I had to go look this one up:

To see or eat eggs in your dream, symbolizes fertility, birth and your creative potential. It indicates that something new is about to happen ( Read more... )

My secret desire: to see a real tornado (from a safe distance, of course). Yes, I know, I know, that's totally insane and I'd never say such a thing if I'd ever experienced it first-hand. But I've been weirdly attracted to tornados since I was four and watched The Wizard of Oz for the first time. Seriously, I even dream about tornados ( Read more... )

True weirdness hasn't happened to me in a long time.

But at 3 a.m. this morning I was awakened by a voice at my shoulder, saying, "Mom?"

I rolled over. No one was there.

This was not a dream. I'd been jolted immediately out of a dead sleep by this voice, and I'm one of those people do who remember their dreams. This was the voice of a girl, ( Read more... )