This is the seventeenth chapter of the serialization novel I am working on, The Magician – < click here to read the other chapters if you missed them. Questions Vanessa woke up in the old four poster bed in the guest bedroom of her grandmother’s home in the same bed in which she and Thora […]
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Revealed…. or not…. we continue to write the story
Apocalyptic. That is one word that brings terror to some. After all, the apocalypse, according to the Christian Bible, is the final destruction of the world. Numerous people have predicted this event. Many have failed. But the word doesn’t mean all of this trepidation and finality. It doesn’t even have to be a scary word, even though it is. The […]
Monday musings
As I drove home the other day from work to my new abode, I noticed a hawk catching a ride on a gust of wind. In that same seven mile journey, I also noticed an eagle flying high in the sky, a flock of geese in perfect formation in the vista ahead of me, and […]
Iowa Nice
As a Southern California transplant to the Midwest almost seventeen years ago, I had to become accustomed to the idea that perfect strangers here in Iowa seem to go out of their way to help others. My first year here, my car had broken down on the side of the road and a man whose name […]
Independence (The Magician – Chapter Sixteen)
This is the sixteenth chapter of the serialization novel I am working on, The Magician – < click here to read the other chapters if you missed them. Independence It took some persuading, a bit of magic, and even some of her seemingly inexhaustible pocket money, but eventually Vanessa made it backstage. She was surprised at […]
Theater (The Magician – Chapter Fifteen)
This is the fifteenth chapter of the serialization novel I am working on, The Magician – < click here to read the other chapters if you missed them. Theater Thora was able to finally land two box seats to the Saturday night performance of the pathomotus under the name of Alice Rothschild, one of her […]
New year, same story
It’s been a crazy start to the new year, but it’s been a welcoming start. For those who don’t know, last week the other half and I closed on our very first home. The past week has been a whirlwind of cleaning the new to us house, painting the interior walls, doing some minor repairs that […]
Recompense (The Magician – Chapter Fourteen)
This is the fourteenth chapter of the serialization novel I am working on, The Magician – < click here to read the other chapters if you missed them. Recompense Ignace laid on the bed on his stomach, his right cheek pressed into the sheet-covered mattress as pillows remained where they had been tossed. He was […]
It’s the end of another year
It’s the time of year where everyone shares their accomplishments for the year. And while this post will be no different in that regards, there is also a bit of reflection as well. I had several author and writing related goals I had jotted upon a piece of paper at the beginning of this year: And […]
Recognize the Spark
Recently, I was asked a question. How do you feel loved and connected? I had answered “my family.” But I didn’t mean only the family of blood I have that is dispersed all over the United States, but the family I have made as well, who continue to bless me and keep me on this path […]
K. S. Wood Writes 