The Walk to Pneuma

Thief of the Eclipse Short Story – Part 9: The Hovel

It’s the second Tuesday of the month and you know what that means – the next segment of the Thief of the Eclipse short story! Click here to start reading at the beginning. (more…)

Thief of the Eclipse Short Story – Part 8: Antagonists

It’s the second Tuesday of the month and you know what that means – the next segment of the Thief of the Eclipse short story! Click here to start reading at the beginning. (more…)

Thief of the Eclipse Short Story – Part 7: Memories

It’s the second Tuesday of the month and you know what that means – the next segment of the Thief of the Eclipse short story! Click here to start reading at the beginning. (more…)

Thief of the Eclipse Short Story – Part 6: Dream Walking

It’s the second Tuesday of the month and you know what that means – the next segment of the Thief of the Eclipse short story! Click here to start reading at the beginning. (more…)

Thief of the Eclipse Short Story – Part 5: Confronting Lazaro

It’s the second Tuesday of the month and you know what that means – the next segment of the Thief of the Eclipse short story! Click here to start reading at the beginning. (more…)

Thief of the Eclipse Short Story – Part 4: The Artifact

This month you can read the next segment of my short story, but first I wanted to mention that I’ve added a new writing retreat & workshop to the conferences page. It’s in August in Camdenton, Missouri, and several interesting young adult authors will be in attendance. It will focus on story anatomy and marketing your book. You can find more details here. Now the story continues with part 4.…

Poem: The Road of Life

I’m taking a hiatus from posting a segment of my “Thief of the Eclipse” short story in order to congratulate all of the students graduating this month. (Don’t worry, the story will continue next month!) My first group of student workers are making their way into the world beyond academia and in honor of that momentous event, I would like to share a poem I wrote a few years ago. Life is full of…

Thief of the Eclipse Short Story – Part 3: Heart of the Decision

The story continues with part 3. Click here to start reading at the beginning. And here is a brief refresher on the story up to now (contains spoilers): (more…)

Thief of the Eclipse Short Story – Part 2: Parley with the Diseased Man

As promised, part 2 of the “Thief of the Eclipse” short story is below. Click here if you missed part 1 of the story.

Thief of the Eclipse Short Story – Part 2: Parley with the Diseased Man

“Memories?!” Zelena cried. “How in the two moons would I steal memories!”

“There are ways,” Lazaro said, shifting position in his wheeled throne. His boney limbs strained to move his own weight.

“His mind is…

Thief of the Eclipse Short Story – Part 1: Patron

Last year I wrote a short story for a contest, but I never submitted it because the deadline conflicted with other (much more important) obligations. Also, I didn’t feel ready to share the story. Now, after a little more attention, I am sharing the short story in serial format on my blog over the next few months. I will post a new segment on the second Tuesday of each month until it all has been…

A New Year and New Goals

At my sister’s wedding.

It’s a new year and what better time to return to blogging.

Last year was a blur of trying to sell our previous house, packing/moving/unpacking, a major software implementation at my day-job, working on our much-more-of-a-fixer-upper-than-we’d-thought new house, and preparing for/travelling to my sister’s wedding. I really don’t know where the time went, but a year…

The Downside of EPIC

My poor neglected blog.

I apologize again for the intermittent posts recently. We’ve been trying to sell our house and it’s been quite a rollercoaster. Stop – go full speed; then slam on the brakes again. At least we’re narrowing down things that could go wrong with the buyer.

A few years ago someone (who only knew the bare surface details about my life) said my life would make a great movie…

One of the poetry groups I’m in has been asking about marketing ideas for books. Sometimes a little time and thoughtfulness can make all the difference to a reader. (I promise this story circles back around.)

Soo… I finally got around to uploading my Christmas photos from my camera to my computer, and there was one in particular I wanted to share. (more…)

Trees – a Poem

I shared this poem with a small group of friends and got positive feedback, so I thought I’d share it with you all, too. Enjoy!

Trees By Robin A. Burrows

Branches Embraced By blue delight. (more…)

2014 Writing Conference In and Around Arkansas

Life or Something Like It

Hi everyone.

Sorry I disappeared from the internet for a few weeks. We have been trying to sell our…

Tips for Building New (Writing) Habits in the New Year

It’s a new year and time to take a fresh look at our dreams and goals. I will direct this post…