I’m an imposter,
a thief of days and heartbeats. Continue reading “Alive”
Author: Stela Loryn
Decay
Caught in a moment,
present becomes past. Continue reading “Decay”
NaNoWriMo 2021: At the Turn of Tomorrow #4
50 thousand words within 30 days. The challenge is different for everybody and even the outcomes different every year. What makes one year easier or harder to complete? Does it only have to do with external forces: jobs, kids, family, responsibilities? What do you really have at the end?
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NaNoWriMo 2021: At the Turn of Tomorrow #3
Two weeks down. Sixteen days to go. I don’t know about you, but I feel like I’m never not going to be done writing my first drafts. Continue reading “NaNoWriMo 2021: At the Turn of Tomorrow #3”
NaNoWriMo 2021: At the Turn of Tomorrow #2
The 2021 NaNoWriMo season has gotten off to a rocky start. With celebrating Halloween this year, rather than spending it as a normal day, November 1st came and went without me sitting down to write. I spent the first week of NaNo scrambling to catch up that single day.
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The Edge of Death: Update #12
From week 1 to the final days of October my goal of 10,000 words during the month has come and gone. (Don’t mind the fact there are still technically 3 days left before the start of November.) Continue reading “The Edge of Death: Update #12”
The Edge of Death: Update #11
The first week of October trying to reach 10,000 words by the end of the month has gone very well. Some would say extremely well seeing as I’ve hit a milestone in my writing I never have before. Continue reading “The Edge of Death: Update #11”
NaNo Prep 2021: At the Turn of Tomorrow #1
If it’s your first time participating in National Novel Writing Month or your 10th, you can make the month what you need it to be to reach all your writing goals. Writing begins on November 1st to reach 50,000 words by the end of the 30 days and while there are plenty of rules, you have to keep in mind there aren’t any rules. Continue reading “NaNo Prep 2021: At the Turn of Tomorrow #1”
The Edge of Death: Update #10
My writing goal during September was to reach 10,000 words by the end of the month. After spending a year in the deepest writing slump of my life I have managed to reach my goal and more. Continue reading “The Edge of Death: Update #10”
The Edge of Death: Update #9
As you can see, the third week of spending the month of September trying to rack up 10,000 words has gone extremely well. Continue reading “The Edge of Death: Update #9”
Ocean
I’m going to the ocean,
it’s not a holiday, Continue reading “Ocean”
The Edge of Death: Update #8
Operation write 10,000 words during September, week 2, has been filed. Continue reading “The Edge of Death: Update #8”
Edge of Death: Update #7
I haven’t given up. That is the most important thing. Continue reading “Edge of Death: Update #7”
Aphasia
They bubble up inside me
every word I’ve ever known. Continue reading “Aphasia”
Villain
Deep inside your memory
there’s a place that thinks of me Continue reading “Villain”
Pillar
The walls come down around you
shoving dust into your lungs. Continue reading “Pillar”
The Edge of Death: Update #6
It’s once again the season of writing. NaNoWriMo 2020 is upon us. And in these thirty-one days I am looking to write 15,500 words before the event on November 1st ever begins. Continue reading “The Edge of Death: Update #6”
The Fire
Fire rages through
sure, untouchable, and devouring. Continue reading “The Fire”
The Edge of Death: Update #5
I told you guys in Update #3 that I finished with writing Part One of, The Edge of Death. But I didn’t. Soon after I posted that update I changed my mind…again.
Continue reading “The Edge of Death: Update #5”The Edge of Death: Update #4
The Edge of Death has been unchanged all summer, still sitting at just over 67,000 words. Why? Because I’m cursed!
Continue reading “The Edge of Death: Update #4”Tell Me
Have you ever thought of me? Did you once think of me?
Because I’ve thought of you. I’ve asked and prayed specifically for you. I try and know you. Understand you. Keep you in my day-to-day, but you don’t respond often enough. Well enough. Continue reading “Tell Me”
This Has Already Come
Everybody dies.
You can’t save yourself. Continue reading “This Has Already Come”
Could Be
Why would you do that?
Say that? Be that? Continue reading “Could Be”
The Edge of Death: Update #3
I’m writing when I can, going for both a notebook and a keyboard. Continue reading “The Edge of Death: Update #3”
Every Day Is Rain
Everything Over Again
What if we could forget it all? Continue reading “Everything Over Again”
The Edge of Death: Update 2.5
I lost 60,000 words. SIXTY THOUSAND WORDS! Continue reading “The Edge of Death: Update 2.5”
The Edge of Death: Update #2
I’ve been stuck. Continue reading “The Edge of Death: Update #2”
Here or There
I want to have everything Continue reading “Here or There”
The Edge of Death: Update #1
As it stands, The Edge of Death is now at fifty thousand words and remains unchanged since the end of November in 2018 — meaning the project is now already a year old. Continue reading “The Edge of Death: Update #1”
Beginning and the End
You say you have no impact,
but your attention creates waves. Continue reading “Beginning and the End”
Vivisepulture
I thought about it most
all the different ways Continue reading “Vivisepulture”
Fated
The universe is infinite
from the beginning to the end.
Continue reading “Fated”
The Forgetting
Memories are quite pleasing,
the wish to remember more, Continue reading “The Forgetting”
Nations
Art is expression,
mediums by which to ask Continue reading “Nations”
The Silence
Don’t forget the silence
it speaks more truth than lies, Continue reading “The Silence”
Bring Me the Horizon
“Bring me the horizon.”
The King once declared.
An open declaration,
half of what was said. Continue reading “Bring Me the Horizon”
Oblivion
In the time between time,
I’ve lived eternities. Continue reading “Oblivion”
Goodbye
We lost her today.
I guess she was sad.
“Why didn’t she tell us?” You’d ask. Continue reading “Goodbye”
Designed
I can feel it in my bones.
I’m running out of time.
All the things left undone
that will never make their prime. Continue reading “Designed”
Restored
You.
who write the eulogy,
do not replace my life
with your tainted dreams. Continue reading “Restored”
Diamond Future
Careening sideways into chaos
despite the true nature of what’s before you, Continue reading “Diamond Future”
D.A.Y.T.O.N.
Dreams of you turning in mind.
Aching for some time together. Continue reading “D.A.Y.T.O.N.”
Your Road
Nothing is ever as bad as it seems,
just push forward and follow your dreams. Continue reading “Your Road”
Silent It Comes
In a daring shade
darkness shines. Continue reading “Silent It Comes”
Not This Scene
A heavy hear,
racing mind,
tired soul,
what could be worse? Continue reading “Not This Scene”
True Desire
Heart break at the sight of you.
Breath caught with a look from you. Continue reading “True Desire”
Ever Turning Dance
He is always looking for me
as I am looking for him.
He is always watching me
as I watch him. Continue reading “Ever Turning Dance”
The Garden
I feel unsafe,
unwelcome in my world of confusion. Continue reading “The Garden”
Stela Loryn 