by R. Scott Boyer | Feb 4, 2025 | Creative Process, Inspiration, Meet the Characters, Short Stories
Related previous posts: Bees Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3 / Part 4 Bees, Pt 5 For three days, Honey huddled in the hive, venturing out only when vital. Thankfully, her queen was merciful, sending her on only brief missions close to the colony, so she could collect and...
by R. Scott Boyer | Jan 7, 2025 | Creative Process, Inspiration, Meet the Characters, Short Stories
Here is another short story inspired by the same backyard that prompted Dandelions. Unlike the Dandelions story, however, this tale is based on a series of real life events. When a hive took up residence inside the wall of as house on a hillside, the question became...
by R. Scott Boyer | Apr 28, 2023 | Creative Process, Inspiration, YA World
Since I haven’t posted in a while, I thought it might be nice to update folks on my latest writing projects. As many of you know, I wrote and published two books in the Bobby Ether series; Jade Academy and Temple of Eternity. The first book actually fell out of...
by R. Scott Boyer | Aug 8, 2022 | Creative Process, Inspiration
A few months back, I wrote my very first screenplay. Based on the premise of a “casual” home invasion, House Guests is a suspense/thriller and therefore an abrupt departure from the young adult fantasy novels I’d written up to that point. Still, the...
by R. Scott Boyer | Apr 19, 2022 | Creative Process, Excerpts, Inspiration
Over the weekend, I decided to write a short story based on a prompt for a job as a freelance writer. Turns out the job wasn’t worth pursuing, but I wrote the story anyway. The requirements were 500 words on the topic “What would you do if you woke up and...
by R. Scott Boyer | Feb 7, 2022 | Creative Process, Excerpts, Inspiration
A few weeks ago, my writers group starting offering prompts as a way to drive creativity and share stories related to a common theme. Basically, we pick a topic to write about, then a few words to integrate into the story. For the most recent prompt, we choose the...