by R. Scott Boyer | Jan 28, 2025 | Short Stories
Related previous posts: Bees Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3 Bees, Pt 4 All that night, Honey cried in her cubicle, crushed by the disorientation she’d encountered and the danger she’d felt. I can’t go out there again, she told herself. It’s too scary. Well, you can’t stay...
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...
by R. Scott Boyer | Sep 29, 2021 | Bobby Ether Series News, Excerpts, YA World
Chapter 7 of Scions of the sphinx is now up on Wattpad.com and my site at RScottBoyer.com/blog. This is a big scene where we get our first real, in-depth look at the ancient kingdom that Bobby keeps flashing back to in his visions. Not only is there a heat wave and...
by R. Scott Boyer | Sep 1, 2021 | Bobby Ether Series News, Creative Process, Excerpts, Meet the Characters, YA World
Here is the last part of chapter two, Scions of the Sphinx. I like this scene because it shows not only Bobby’s interest in tracking down the girl from his visions, but also the start of Jinx’s fledgling relationship with Ana. Don’t forget to check...