The Insomniac Writer

I dreamed that the night was afire
sparked by embers of truth yet to come
the moon made each wise man a liar
and each poet became deaf and dumb
 
In our minds we had all of the answers
in our hearts we had nothing but doubt
If fear was the song, we were dancers
and its coda our only way out
 
So [...]

Those of you that noticed the lack of a post yesterday (You did notice, right?) should know that I’ve been attacked by an old muse. Seriously.
 See, both of the novel length manuscripts I’ve finished feature a wizard named Azael, and Azael popped into my head yesterday with a new story to tell. So, I started writing. [...]

                “I don’t know, honey. Aren’t they…you know, loud?”
                Kendra Lyons patted her husband, Kyle, on the hand and shook her head.
                “Ours won’t be any louder than anyone else’s, hon. Now, relax. You’re starting to make me nervous. It isn’t like you weren’t a part of this decision.”
                “I know,” Kyle said. “ I [...]

I’ve fallen behind on posting due to some RL distractions and late, late hours. I have been keeping up with my daily writing, I just don’t get them posted. I’ll be better, I promise.
 The good news is that, in all the craziness, some things have become much clearer to me. For instance, I know now [...]

 
“Simmons.”
                I wrote the name down on the steno pad even though I thought Trent was a vindictive dick for throwing that particular name in the ring. There were three other names already on the list, but we still had half the council to go.
                “Why Simmons?” I asked, not so much because I didn’t [...]