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Melissa Volker
Jan 4, 20201 min read
Of Circuitry and Stars
Offering a free read of a short story uncharacteristic of my writing -- cyberpunk! Get it at the dropdown link "Extras" under fiction....
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Melissa Volker
Jul 27, 20183 min read
DEEP WATERS thoughts on my writing: its failings, its purpose, its promise
My published collection of short stories was born of a time in my early adulthood in Manhattan where I was single, sometimes lonely,...
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Melissa Volker
Apr 17, 20181 min read
Shattered - a poem for a fictional character
When truth has failed, your faith has sundered You lift your gaze, the question wondered The bough has broke The veil was felled, You...
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Melissa Volker
Dec 4, 20172 min read
A Hero Among Us
If you Google, "What makes a good hero?" in fiction there are a fair amount of hits that come up with lists of qualities and...
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Melissa Volker
Nov 20, 20173 min read
Time -- And Time Again
Time, time, time See what's become of me While I looked around For my possibilities I was so hard to please Look around Leaves are...
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Melissa Volker
Nov 18, 20172 min read
Throwing Down the Bones
You keep waiting for me to speak, but my words died a long time ago -- about the time you stopped listening. But I know more than you...
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Melissa Volker
Nov 15, 20172 min read
Waiting to Drown
We are drowning in mediocrity, oblivious to our impending end. We are satisfied with the bland, content with the merely okay -- no, worse...
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Melissa Volker
Sep 17, 20173 min read
Silence
Another installment in the process of getting (the right) words on paper: When I'm working on a book, my first draft tends to be an...
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Melissa Volker
Aug 25, 20174 min read
The Eternal Blue
"I've been thinking a lot about this thing we all do -- life…" she began, her pencil absently tracing an invisible line around the open...
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Melissa Volker
Aug 18, 20176 min read
Reminiscence on Where We Go
A coffee cup, a ring of dried sludge around the bottom, a pair of round, tortoiseshell glasses -- one lens tinted dark where it bakes in...
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Melissa Volker
Aug 17, 20171 min read
If You Walk With Me
If you walk with me, you are welcome -- though I cannot guarantee the content of our time. My vision shifts with sun and shadows, rage...
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Melissa Volker
Aug 5, 20173 min read
Drama, Tragedy and all The Feels
Another installment in the process of getting (the right) words on paper: Every Wednesday I take our teen son on a road trip to spend the...
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Melissa Volker
Jul 21, 20174 min read
No, it's not a movie, it's a book -- but...
Another installment in the process of getting (the right) words on paper: I just spent three days knowing a chapter was all wrong from...
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Melissa Volker
Jul 17, 20174 min read
Truth in Writing
Whenever I do a reading, questions invariably arise regarding my approach to writing, where my ideas come from and how I get them from...
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Melissa Volker
Jun 25, 20173 min read
HIDDEN - why I wrote about anxiety
"HIDDEN: an impossible story" is a short, YA magical realism novel about a fifteen-year-old boy and his struggle with anxiety. There's a...
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Melissa Volker
Apr 10, 20173 min read
The Space I'm In
This is NOT my work space. It is lovely, zen, uncluttered, and unfettered. The view is -- green, and while not particularly special, it...
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Melissa Volker
Mar 21, 20172 min read
One Man's Trash is Another Man's Treasure
So I recently won a short story contest on Words and Brushes. Yay for me! But seriously -- I'm happy, it's nice to be validated, to be...
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Melissa Volker
Jan 24, 20174 min read
To outline or not to outline - that is the question...
I've been thinking a lot about writing...the act of writing, the putting of words to paper and making it real, rich, honest. All writers...
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Melissa Volker
Sep 18, 20164 min read
Thoughts on Life, Writing, and Inspiration
W.P. Kinsella died. For those who don't know, he wrote the book, "Shoeless Joe" upon which the movie, "Field of Dreams" was based. He...
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Melissa Volker
Jun 2, 20162 min read
Writing with an Ear
When asked about my writing, I usually say I think of it as painting with words. That I strive to craft my prose with an eye toward...
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