by R. Scott Boyer | Nov 2, 2024 | Creative Process, Excerpts, Inspiration, Meet the Characters, Short Stories
Previous Posts: Part 1 – Sun / Part 2 – Moon / Part 3 – Mouse The following day played out much the same as the night. Sun spent the entire time staring across the garden at Moon, who basked in her planter box overlooking the garden. Right as...
by R. Scott Boyer | Oct 25, 2024 | Creative Process, Inspiration, Short Stories
Previous Posts: Part 1 – Sun / Part 2 – Moon The following night when Mouse arrived at the garden, Sun stood silent in the twilight. He had spent the entire day staring at Moon. He knew for certain that he had to reach her, but no idea how. “There must...
by R. Scott Boyer | Oct 18, 2024 | Creative Process, Excerpts, Meet the Characters, Short Stories
Previous Posts: Part 1 – Sun The next night, Mouse returned to the garden just as the sky turned grey. “What do you want me to do?” Mouse asked Sun. Sun, who had been thinking about it all day while staring at Moon, told Mouse his plan. “I want you to drag me,”...
by R. Scott Boyer | Oct 6, 2024 | Creative Process, Excerpts, Inspiration, Short Stories
They sprouted at opposite ends of the garden, so far apart that Sun couldn’t see Moon until she grew over the edge of her untamed planter box. Buried among the bramble by the hillside, it took Sun a long time to spot her pale white face. But once he did, he could not...
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...