Jim Stitzel
Jack-of-All-Trades, Master of WordsExcerpts from Life
NaNoWriMo 2013 – Week One
Yesterday's writing saw the end of the first week of this year's NaNoWriMo for me. I'm actually really quite pleased with the numbers I've been able to put up in just the first week -- when I went to bed last night, I'd written 25,312 words in seven days. Coming at...
NaNoWriMo 2013 – Day One
So November is National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). I've wanted to participate for several years now, but November is the time of year when things usually start to get really crazy in our family's schedule, especially as the holiday season approaches. Previous...
Living with Depression
Dealing with depression is not an easy thing to do. I think I'm finally on the upswing of this latest bout -- and thank God it only lasted a couple of days this time -- but like usual it's left me exhausted, weepy, and discouraged. I hate talking about it, especially...
Fiction
Chase in the Dark
I ran through the tunnels, following the sounds of your laughter as they bounced off the walls around me. The shape of the tunnels played tricks on my ears -- every time I thought I was close to catching you, I turned a corner to find you were no longer there. You...
Beautiful Triumph
An adolescent boy, nude but for a spotlessly white loincloth. Great feathered wings sprout from his shoulder blades, so perfectly clean and glorious that anyone who saw them would be instantly blinded. But of course there are none who can. He stands in the middle of...
Air invasion
Klaxons. Klaxons everywhere. Truly this was it. It was the dead of night, of course. They never attacked during the day. That was too obvious, and we'd see them coming a mile away -- on a cloudless day. (And even on overcast days, they always mysteriously waited 'til...