I is for . . . INDELIBLE INK

Welcome to The Blogging from A-Z Challenge April 2014! This year, I’m offering up a story – each one 100 words or fewer - for each letter of the alphabet.

Some are heartfelt, poignant, sweet. Others are…not. 

I hope you enjoy them.

*****

INDELIBLE INK

She let him stain her on the inside.

Now, he laughs, chooses her tattoo – his name down her back, mocking the spine she doesn’t have. 

*****

King's Speech: I is for INSIDE

Regular readers of The Shellshank Redemption know how much I enjoy a good quote (see Motivational Mondays) and that I’m a huge fan of Stephen King (see the King of All Days Part I and Part II.) So, for the 2013 A-Z Challenge, I decided to combine the two, using some of my favorite King quotes about reading, writing and life in general. Enjoy!

*****

Fiction is the truth INSIDE the lie.

(Stephen King)

On the surface, a novel is basically a lie. Beneath the surface, however, is a seed of truth. It might be buried within a far-out plot or carried in the pocket of an absolutely vile villain but it’s there, waiting for us to find it, to dig it up and plant it in our imaginations, in our minds, where the truth takes on a life beyond the page. 

Give Me an I! IF

Welcome to The Blogging A-Z Challenge April 2012! Some of the most popular posts here at The Shellshank Redemption are the Motivational Mondays. So, after consulting the tortoises, we decided to make April our Motivational Month! Please join us for this (almost!) daily dose of alphabetical inspiration. We hope you enjoy it!

* YOU CAN, YOU SHOULD, AND IF YOU’RE BRAVE ENOUGH TO START, YOU WILL. (Stephen King) * 

If. How can such a small word hold so much potential, so much power? If you’re brave enough. If you’re strong enough. If you’re willing to take a chance.

On the other side of that word, on the other side of those phrases and others like them, are passions and goals and dreams and successes. 

We just have to take that first step - put pen to paper or paint brush to canvas, belt out that song or Zumba with everything we’ve got, sign up for that class, book those tickets.

If I can do it…so can you. If you can do it…so can I.