The Dreamwright

January 29, 2014 audreyjoygreathouse2 Comments

I remember when I first learned that it was a “playwright” not a “playwrite.” You’re not someone who writes a play, you’re someone who builds a play. That absolutely astonished me. It gave so much more power to the writer. At the end of the day it’s just words on a page, but the writer… Continue reading The Dreamwright

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Mondays Need More Love Poems

January 27, 2014 audreyjoygreathouseLeave a comment

Ergo, I present my Sonnet 104: Following your heart is too glamorized As if it is mysterious and wild To speak a name your mouth has memorized To wander with the whimsy of a child To the doorstep you have always dreamed of. All it can do is take you to the same Smile, the… Continue reading Mondays Need More Love Poems

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Time Has Always Been Relative

January 26, 2014 audreyjoygreathouse1 Comment

I think it’s funny how the scientists think they’re the ones that discovered that. Einstein had a big revelation that forced him to question the nature of spacetime as we knew it then, and lo and behold, he figured out that time was not inelastic, not rigid, not uniform…it was relative. Any artist from the… Continue reading Time Has Always Been Relative

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There ARE more hours in the day!

January 25, 2014 audreyjoygreathouseLeave a comment

I’m always concerned with output. Like a lot of folks, I work pretty hard at what I love and enjoy watching it payoff. I can’t be the only one who wishes there were more hours in the day, though, so I thought I’d share my strategy for how to remain productive the entire day. The… Continue reading There ARE more hours in the day!

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The Existentially Satisfying Feeling of Snuffing Candles

January 24, 2014 audreyjoygreathouseLeave a comment

Thought I could stand to share another poem. I tried to get this one published for a while, but it wasn’t any editor’s cup of tea. I still love it…one of my favorite of my short poems, maybe. Snuffing Candles Melting, dripping with time passing, Wick still clashing. Ashen, waxen, Flame un-passion. Holding candleholder handles,… Continue reading The Existentially Satisfying Feeling of Snuffing Candles

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A Tourist in My Home Town

January 21, 2014 audreyjoygreathouseLeave a comment

(Photo from Kerry Park by Brian Kasey) I live in Seattle. I’ve always lived in Seattle. I know Seattle. It’s gotten to the point where, as much as I love Seattle, the city just kind of bores me. What is there to do that I haven’t done a hundred times before? I live out in… Continue reading A Tourist in My Home Town

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How To Tell A True Story

January 20, 2014 audreyjoygreathouse2 Comments

Truth is a kind of moderation, the reality that lies in-between the impossible extremes of anything. Is it just me though, or does life seem to be made up of extremes that the truth never captures? The more I try to tell a true story, the more fictitious it becomes. That’s why, sometimes, the truest… Continue reading How To Tell A True Story

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Bottling Time on Whidbey Island

January 15, 2014 audreyjoygreathouseLeave a comment

I take them so rarely, I forget how good vacations are. This last weekend, I had the opportunity to go out to a cabin on Whidbey Island with a friend I don’t see nearly as much as I should. Glen goes to school on the east coast, and he’s just about the only person I… Continue reading Bottling Time on Whidbey Island

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LAST MAN WAKING: a tale of sickness and sleep

January 13, 2014 audreyjoygreathouseLinkLeave a comment

LAST MAN WAKING: a tale of sickness and sleep

Encephalitis Lethargica (from Wikipedia): “The disease attacks the brain, leaving some victims in a statue-like condition, speechless and motionless. Between 1915 and 1926, an epidemic of encephalitis lethargica spread around the world; no recurrence of the epidemic has since been reported, though isolated cases continue to occur.”

…until now. LAST MAN WAKING: my new short story has been published by Roar and Thunder in Australia and is free to read online!

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Books, Books, Books!

January 10, 2014 audreyjoygreathouse2 Comments

When it started, it was innocent bibliophilia. My condition has worsened though, and I am well aware that I am gleefully suffering from bibliomania. I found this Japanese word, tsundoku, which pretty much describes my condition right now. It’s not that I don’t ever read these books, it’s just that I buy them faster than… Continue reading Books, Books, Books!

AUDREY GREATHOUSE

Author of THE NEVERLAND WARS and other Young Adult works

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The Dreamwright

Mondays Need More Love Poems

Time Has Always Been Relative

The Existentially Satisfying Feeling of Snuffing Candles

A Tourist in My Home Town

How To Tell A True Story

Bottling Time on Whidbey Island

LAST MAN WAKING: a tale of sickness and sleep

Books, Books, Books!