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I think I’ve mentioned this before, but many of the short stories I write have been in the works for a long time. Sometimes they’re just titles or stray words from something I’d like to write about, an idea inspired by a certain song or place. But mostly, they’re inspired by my dreams. So when I come across prompts like the one below from Reedsy, it motivates me to write that archived draft…

Creo que he mencionado esto antes, pero muchas de las historias cortas que escribo ya han sido preconcebidas desde hace mucho tiempo. A veces son solo títulos o palabras sueltas de algo que me gustaría escribir, de alguna idea que cierta canción o lugar me inspira. Pero sobre todo, son inspirados por los sueños que tengo. Así que cuando me encuentro con “prompts” como el siguiente de Reedsy, me…

“Love” from the series THE INSIDERby Xèlön & Deih. Street art found in Mislata 2012 Before I talk about the inspiration behind today’s story, I need to mention the piece of art I’ve included above. I was born in Madrid, but just a year after I was born, my family moved to Valencia, where I spent my entire childhood and part of my teenage years. I lived in Mislata, a town situated near the city…

“Love” parte de la serie THE INSIDERpor Xèlön & Deih. Streetart en Mislata 2013 Antes de hablar de la inspiración detrás de la historia de hoy, es necesario que hable de la pieza de arte que he añadido arriba. Soy madrileña de nacimiento, pero apenas un año después de nacer, mi familia se mudó a Valencia, donde pasé toda mi infancia y parte de mi adolescencia. Residí en la localidad de Mislata,…

I don’t know if I’ve said this before, but what I find motivating about Reedsy is that it always forces you to write and think creatively in a very short period of time. Once I accept the weekly writing challenge, I have no excuse to put off the task at hand. Although, the truth is that sometimes I procrastinate, and instead of seven days, I have about four days left to write a 1,500-word…

No sé si lo he dicho antes, pero lo que encuentro motivador de Reedsy es que siempre fuerza a uno a escribir y pensar de manera creativa en un corto periodo de tiempo. Una vez acepto el challenge semanal de escritura, no tengo excusa para aplazar la tarea a realizar. Bueno, la verdad es que a veces procrastino y, en vez de siete, me quedan como cuatro días para escribir una historia de unas 1500…

Art from Pinterest. Credits to the artist The sun rose from behind the mountains, marking the beginning of the day. With it, its rays gradually appeared, shining light on the bloodied knight. His armour was covered in his own blood and that of others. After fighting in the endless battle day and night, that did not concern him much. He hardly felt his wounds anymore. He no longer felt…

Imagen sacada de Pinterest. Créditos al autor El sol salía de entre los montes marcando el comienzo del día. Con él, sus rayos se asomaban gradualmente, irradiando de luz al caballero ensangrentado. Su armadura estaba cubierta de sangre suya y ajena. Después de luchar en la interminable batalla día y noche, aquel detalle no era algo que le preocupase mucho. Ya casi no sentía las heridas. Ya no…

The weekly Reedsy prompt for which I wrote this story was: “Start or end your story with a character performing (or refusing to take part in) a ritual or tradition.”Visit Reedsy to see my story and others I’ve posted there Many ideas came to mind about the kind of rituals I could write about, such as the typical religious/spiritual rituals performed by sects or secret organisations that fiction…

El tema semanal de Reedsy para el que escribí esta historia era: “Comienza o termina tu historia con un personaje que realiza (o se niega a participar en) un ritual o tradición”Visitar Reedsy para el tema original en inglés Por supuesto, se me vinieron muchas ideas a la mente sobre el tipo de rituales de los que podría escribir, como por ejemplo, los típicos rituales religiosos/espirituales…

The title came to mind first: The Isle of Bones. And from that moment on, I knew I had to write a story centred on the high seas. Until then, I hadn’t thought about how much I love this genre of literature and cinema. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas and One Piece are the works of fiction that have shaped my passion for adventure and fantasy. My stories often feature the key element of a…

El título me vino a la mente primero. En inglés: The isle of Bones (La isla de huesos). Y desde ese momento, supe que tenía que escribir una historia centrada en la alta mar. Hasta entonces, no había pensado en lo mucho que me gusta este género de literatura y cine. Veinte mil leguas de viaje submarino y One Piece son las obras de ficción que han formado parte de mi pasión por la aventura y lo…

The following challenge that Reedsy published a few months ago caught my attention: “Center your story around an artist whose creations have enchanted qualities.”Visit Reedsy for more details about the prompt If you have already read my other stories, you will have noticed that I never miss an opportunity to create a character with supernatural abilities who plays an important role in the…

This is a recurring theme that you will see in many of my short stories: they come to me in dreams. If you are one of those people who have strange dreams full of hidden meanings or nonsensical plots, welcome to my world. Since my brain is ingenious enough to create such a complex story full of people and places that I myself have never imagined, all that content has to serve some purpose,…

I submitted this text to an online literary contest organised by April Showers Publishing. The theme was: ‘Nature and the written word’. I based it on a personal topic, which I will discuss after this story. *** Dreamy days when the sun shone over the blue sky, and the rain ceased with the appearance of a rainbow on the horizon of my garden. The earth was fertile, and wherever each seed of an…

As I have previously explained in my story ‘Dream Maze’, Reedsy is an online platform that I visit from time to time to find ideas and write short stories. They also have weekly challenges from which they select a winning story. My last story from 2024 was based on challenge #279: Follow a character who’s looking for someone or something For some time, I had been mulling over the idea of…

After writing a few short stories in recent months, I have become more comfortable with the idea of writing plots from scratch without having to write an entire novel or give the story any kind of continuity. Therefore, one of my goals for the coming months (apart from publishing or finishing some of my abandoned novels in ‘Drafts’😭) is to try to participate in online writing competitions for…