-
Sam’s Mom
Sam’s head was on my shoulder, Emma was just staring in behind us. She was trembling with fear, I could feel her fear. I muttered again, “He won’t hurt you again. And if he does I will take care of it.” Emma put her head on my shoulder and relaxed a little bit but we…
-
Can’t See the Trees
Isn’t there a saying ‘can’t see the trees for the forest’. Meaning you can’t see the individual because of everything else in the way. That’s how the Venatori are. They are so caught up in tradition and the way things have always been done, they fail to see that things have changed, people have changed,…
-
Protection
At the bottom of the stairs we heard Garrett open the door and when I looked down he was staring up at the three of us. But he huffed and turned back down the hall and I assumed to security to see about getting the recording. I stood up with the kids in my arms…
-
I am Better Than You
I stalked over to Garrett and for the first time in my entire life I didn’t feel like I was five in his presence. I felt like the man I had become because of him. Because of the things he did to me. I wasn’t weak. I wasn’t a doormat. I wasn’t some fucking toy.…
-
Drake Pierce
If you’ve read the Last Phoenix you know all about Drake. You know he’s three years old. You know he’s half dragon, half human. And you know he’s living with me and I’ve officially adopted him. But that’s all we really know about Drake. A few other facts? He likes to collect cars. He has a…
-
Apologies
Recently AJ and I put some friends into a bad situation. And in the end hurt them for which we are truly sorry. So I’m sorry guys. But the action that we took seemed to help. Really helped this time. But we are sorry it hurt you in the process. But they aren’t the only…
-
Meeting Emma
We sat wrapped around each other for a long time. No one bothered us here. We’d only be kicked out if there was a scheduled lesson. Sam stopped crying and I hugged him tight before I held him away from me. “Can you take me to Emma? We need to stop this.” Sam nodded and…
-
Meeting Sam
The boy looked startled when Garrett spoke to him. If his training was anything like mine, the boy was lost inside his head trying to come back to the reality of things. Seeing what was truly real. He looked up at me with wide brown eyes and I saw a tear slide down his cheek.…
-
Prophecy?
I mentioned before AJ was working on a prophecy. I also mentioned how much I dislike prophecy. But I guess I’ll throw the prophetic images out there. I can’t suggest strongly enough that you all need to download Darwynn’s Law to read the exclusive shorts (they start on page 135 of the pdf linked) Why…
-
The Orange Door
I paced outside the orange door in the lower Academy levels. My shirt ironically matched the color almost perfectly, but you could only see the v of it beneath the gray hoodie I had zipped almost all the way. My hair and nails matched my shirt today. I was trying not to be nervous, but…
-
Are you Ready?
I’d ask you if you had a snack ready to watch the next installment, but I’m pretty sure each one is going to take you all of 2 mins at most to read. At least for the first few scenes that are already written. AJ broke everything up into little chunks like Darwynn’s Law but…
-
Tracking Down the Dragon – Trix
Sage had helped me into Dae’lin’s office and sat me down in one of her office chairs. I leaned forward with my head between my knees. Sage was squatting in front of me looking at me with concern. I smiled wryly at him trying to reassure him. But I knew it wasn’t working. “You alright?”…
-
Opposites Attract?
Magnets are physically repulsed by the same polarity. Is that what attraction really is about? Is that why I’m attracted to Sage? Maybe, he is an opposite to me, but we both have such similarities too, still we aren’t alike. I think if you are too far opposed to each other that you’ll eventually have…
-
Don’t Trust the Weatherman
Forecasting sunny skies after rainy nights. The weatherman lied. Look at that! I’m getting pretty good at this considering… Thanks AJ! Hoping that it’s not foreshadowing things to come.
-
Driving
Can I say I hate driving? I’ve never been the fan of a 4 wheel mode of transportation. I mean I can drive. I learned, I drove for my first year out in the field, but I prefer my own two feet, or the subway to driving in New York City. I don’t even do…
-
Viva la Revolution – I Can’t
When I got back to Dae’lin’s office and the fish bowl Sage was talking with Dae’lin in her office. I stood outside the open door half listening but mostly watching Sage gesture with his hands and speaking quickly. Dae’lin waved for me to join them and Sage turned to who she was beckoning and his…
-
Setting
AJ recently read how about outlining your setting. Meaning to know where each of your scenes take place to take advantage of what that setting means to the character involved. Darwynn’s Law was the only story in my series to be set outside of New York City – my local neighborhood. The First Hunt is…
-
Video Games and True Blood
My mood is better. AJ is feeling better she’s doing something cringe worthy though. At least for me. She’s playing video games – made a new little elf mage in Dragon Age: Inquisition. His name is Sheyn. Not sure what he’s gonna be in a specialty. AJ doesn’t really like any of them for the…
-
Not a Real Boy
I’m an illusion. A figment of AJ’s imagination. I’m not real. I will never be real. But … Alright, I’m going to leave it like that. Sorry, I want to say more, write more but this isn’t the place.
-
Commitment
Nope not a relationship talk. Well not a personal relationship between people I made a commitment to this blog – to all of you fine readers who listen to me ramble on and on. It’s AJ’s goal really. But it’s mine because I’m the one who’s thoughts have to spill out every day. 365 days…
-
Viva la Revolution – HQ to Infirmary
After we all recovered we were inside and in headquarters via the service elevators we’d brought Naomi and Gordon in on. It was almost deja vu except Walker was still not up to par. “Go to the Infirmary. I got this part. I’ll be there when I’m done.” Walker didn’t even hesitate as I got…
field notes
[
[
[
]
]
]
The Mind of Nox 