I raced down the interstate at a speed that was much faster than what I normally would drive. All I could think of was how I wanted to put as much space between Los Angeles and me as I possibly could before stopping for the night. I had spent all day finishing up paperwork for […]
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I sat behind the wheel of my small two-door Toyota. My friend sat in the passenger seat and we looked out over the small college town where we both went to school. She had grown up in the town and when I wrote to her over IM asking if she had time to talk, she […]
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I brushed the lock of hair out of my eyes for the millionth time as I stared at the blank Word document. It was a novel this time, something edgy and raw, something that would be shocking in its honesty and its realism. I set the scene and threw in descriptors. I revealed enough in […]
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I quickly changed into my blue shorts that I wore when I exercised. They had lately only been worn to bed, but the weather was proving too tempting and I had decided to go for a run in the park. When I crossed Piedmont Avenue and entered the park at the 12th Street gate, I […]
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