Blog Posts

  • When is it Done?

    In the comments of my previous post, my friend Mardra posed the question, “”When is it done?”   I would like to take a guess at the answer (keyword, guess). I am working on a short story (that’s the one I keep talking about) that I had thought was done at least 5 times and…

  • Waiting for a Table

    The lobby was filled with hungry customers waiting to be seated, wait staff were running from table to table taking orders and delivering food, busboys cleared as quickly as the laws of physics would allow. The smell of steak and fish filled the air and our mouths watered with anticipation. Our hostess took our name…

  • The Sea

    It exists in my mind. I am engulfed. The sea of confusion Pulls me down, pulls me apart. I run, try to hide Can’t run. Fight It is a sea, Deep, dark, lost. © 2013 K.J. Scrim

  • Kind Of….

    The catastrophe here in Colorado is something that I would expect to see in a movie. It is beyond a catastrophe and the floods are still surging into Nebraska.  My post today is actually not about the strife of the flooding, loss of life, nor the property lost to the poor people who have suffered. …

  • Four Edits and Counting

    I have spent the day writing.  This morning was dedicated to a short story that has been in the works for about a month now. When I hacked out the initial version I was so excited.  I gave it to my editor for her seal of approval.  I got it back with all my delusions…