You may remember me telling you that I am participating in a short story challenge at 12shortstories.com. Well, here is the story I just submitted for August. It may or may not have been an actual event in my life. 😉 *** I made it a point to have lunch at The Drunken Bull that…
Author: Audra Russell
The Learning Never Ends
I have two undergraduate degrees in journalism. I tell you that to say I never thought I would see myself enrolling in another writing class. But last week I began a five-course creative writing series to learn the mechanics of writing stories and novels and hone my skills in those areas. Coursera is a…
An Item On My Bucket List
One of my favorite authors is Nora Roberts. She’s from Maryland . Sixteen years ago, when I was pregnant with my daughter, I wrote to her. A few weeks later I got a reply complete with a bookmark, a few other little keepsakes, and a short, hand-written note congratulating me on my pregnancy. I never…
The long and short of it….
Today I took another step toward my goal of becoming a published author: I submitted a short story to The Saturday Evening Post to be considered for their print edition. I never pictured myself writing short stories. My goal is to write novels. In fact I am busy working on one while I write these short…
The Busyness of Birds
I think birds are fascinating little creatures. There are a lot of them in my backyard because my neighbor has lots of birdhouses and bird feeders. When I sit out there to let my chickens forage, I listen to those birds and watch them. They are mostly busy finding little scraps of dead grass, plastic,…
And Then He Sneezed
Okay, so as a writer it’s important to write every single day. I joined a website called 12shortstories.com. It is a year-long challenge to write (obviously) 12 short stories in a year. That’s harder than it sounds. Each month a writing prompt and a word count are provided. You have one month to write your…
Hello, World!
Well, hello there. Welcome to my blog. I am a pre-published author who writes short stories and novels. I have gotten out of the habit of saying “aspiring” because I am 100% confident that the stories I am creating for you will be published both online and in print. I believe deeply in that little…