In The Wake of NaNoWriMo

December 3, 2015December 3, 2015 audreyjoygreathouseLeave a comment

Another successful NaNoWriMo! Despite the 12,000 word lead I developed in the middle of the month, life got in the way and I only squeaked by in the final few days. I’d had grand plans to try for 75,000 words and get a complete first draft down, but this was too lofty a goal to… Continue reading In The Wake of NaNoWriMo

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Pre-Mortem Poem

March 26, 2014 audreyjoygreathouseLeave a comment

You might have seen last week that I lost my old friend, Sarah to a hit and run driving accident. I haven’t been blogging much lately for the same reason that I haven’t been doing much school, writing, or anything else. It’s hard to recover from something like that, and unfortunately, Sarah wasn’t the only… Continue reading Pre-Mortem Poem

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She Never Wore A Mask

March 22, 2014 audreyjoygreathouseLeave a comment

I just got back from my friend Sarah’s funeral. Hard to believe that after these past fifteen years of friendship she’s really gone. I wrote this poem and ended up giving it to her family…they had someone read it at the service today. Sarah had a distinctive face and a distinctive heart. I’m glad that… Continue reading She Never Wore A Mask

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To the Strongest of the Brave Girls

March 16, 2014 audreyjoygreathouseLeave a comment

Friday morning, an old friend of mine was killed in the crosswalk just down the street. Sarah Paulson and I met in the second grade, when I was seven years old and had just moved to a new school. I didn’t have any friends, but I still remember seeing her for the first time, a… Continue reading To the Strongest of the Brave Girls

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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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A Murder Mystery Party!

December 26, 2013 audreyjoygreathouse2 Comments

True to my extremovert self, I hosted the most wonderful/stressful murder mystery party last weekend. I’d been working on this plot for months, and after 11,000 words of character descriptions and plot point instructions, it finally all came together. A dozen different old friends showed up on my doorstep pretending to be MY imaginary people.… Continue reading A Murder Mystery Party!

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Sonnet 111

December 6, 2013 audreyjoygreathouseLeave a comment

Last night though I had a sudden realization that I was not happy, and had not been for a few days. Too much was on my mind and while I was scrambling to develop a list of priorities, “being happy” somehow fell off of my to-do list for a brief moment. So, I did what… Continue reading Sonnet 111

AUDREY GREATHOUSE

Author of THE NEVERLAND WARS and other Young Adult works

Tag: death

Pre-Mortem Poem

She Never Wore A Mask

To the Strongest of the Brave Girls

LAST MAN WAKING: a tale of sickness and sleep

A Murder Mystery Party!

Sonnet 111