HeyJaredValentine Shivers
J.G.Valentine's incoherent, haunted babbling about writing, ghost stories, and (after)life in general.
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She lived a life. (opens the original)
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Please excuse the rambling. This is just an attempt to process something that happened today around 1am. My grandma died today, and yet, I don’t know how to feel.She lived a life I know nothing about, save a highlight reel.She raised a family, with whom I’ve no love left to lose.They railed and they rallied against my right to choose.The right to choose a life that’s not beneath their feet,that wasn’t blindly swearing fealty to expectations my sister and I could NEVER meet.We tried SO FUCKING HA
Once more, into the breach! (opens the original)
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Well, that’s that, I’m back at it again. It’s been a little while since typing the magical phrase, “The End ??” on the latest manuscript; a novel in which our protagonist has finally moved into a new retirement complex only to discover that it’s the former site of a Convent and Hospice Home, where the dead seem determined to dig up her secrets. As such, it’s only fitting that now I’ve discovered that I’m a ‘clean drafter’ (Thanks for the term!) that I should start hitting the ‘submit’ button as
A brief one about the moon (opens the original)
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I sit beneath the moon, bathed in her light, and marvel. So soft but wild. So beautiful in the dark. Is she lonely, suspended between cold and distant stars? It stirs something in me, holds me captive with her gaze that pierces my soul to read my secrets with a knowing smile. J. G. Valentine.<div cla
Rushing in (opens the original)
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Hallo, all. It’s been a little while, hasn’t it? I hope anyone who reads this is doing well, and if not, that it gets better soon.Do people accuse you of rushing in to things too often? I get that quite a bit. Rushing tasks, rushing to conclusions — irrespective of my relatively high percentage of correct answers — or maybe,Rushing headlong into friendships,Eager and trusting, too much for most.Letting out a hiss as conversational meat hits the pan.Hot oil everywhere.Polka-dotted pinpricks of sk
The 50kMay Challenge (opens the original)
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Well, it’s been a little while since I’ve written on here, and it’s only fair that I give you a brief update!Since May 1st, I’ve been taking part in Freewrite’s #50kMay challenge. Writers from all over the world are racing to get Fifty-thousand words down before the end of May 31st, and those at the top of the leaderboard are in for some serious prizes!Now… I am under no illusion that come month’s end I’ll be up there. I’m a consistent 3.5/5k behind the curve, as it’s hard to carve out a consist
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