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Fellowship
Tonight was first night of the Virginia Writers Club Symposium. The keynote speech, given by Austin Comacho, was an outline that answered...

Sonja McGiboney
Jul 31, 20202 min read
Rhyme won't do
I like to write in rhyme I do it all the time But sometimes It won't do Rhyme is peppy But there are times when "Peppy" is wrong Yes Not...

Sonja McGiboney
Jul 20, 20201 min read
When A Story Takes You Away
I was participating in my writing prompt group today and didn't notice that my phone had frozen. I had glanced at it a few times and it...

Sonja McGiboney
Jul 17, 20205 min read


History In Stone
I’ve never liked going to cemeteries. I’ve always viewed them with a bit of fear. It was in 1981 when, as a young, stupid senior, I was...

Sonja McGiboney
Jul 11, 20202 min read
Reading to Learn
A good way to learn to write is to read good writing. I've been on a mission to read as much children's literature as I can. I am...

Sonja McGiboney
Jul 6, 20201 min read


Monticello- Will it always be there?
It's a beautiful place with a mixed past. It's a memory of a man who did a lot for our country. Without him, and men like him, this...

Sonja McGiboney
Jun 26, 20202 min read
I don't like taking sides
I just read a fantasy, magic story that involved four different worlds. It is called Chronomancer and the Time God: Death of a Paradise,...

Sonja McGiboney
Jun 23, 20202 min read


I'm Hooked!
I've been on some treasure hunts recently. Yep, me and my magnet and a really long rope have pulled up several treasures from the river...

Sonja McGiboney
Jun 19, 20201 min read
I can hide in my stories.
When the world is a storm of tears I find shelter in my stories. I float with Dandy Dandelion. I shoot growlers and wonder if there is...

Sonja McGiboney
Jun 18, 20201 min read
Words will never hurt you, but their ghosts will always be with you.
Ghosts aren’t real! That’s what “They” say, But “They” haven’t seen mine I see them each day. Ghosts visit each morning When I open my...

Sonja McGiboney
Jun 15, 20201 min read
Did It Matter?
I’d been teased because I was ugly. I’d been mistreated because it made them laugh. I’d been alone because nobody wanted to be my...

Sonja McGiboney
Jun 6, 20201 min read
What Ever I Say Will Be Wrong
I started writing a blog earlier today. I kept erasing, rewriting, erasing, starting over and finally scrapped the entire 200 words I...

Sonja McGiboney
May 29, 20201 min read
Singing out the eeriness.
The dim, yellow light from streetlamps fell away into the shadows of the empty shops. The street was void of cars and the beautiful brick...

Sonja McGiboney
May 29, 20201 min read


Prompt 1:
PROMPT 1: Imagine you are a ten year old child visiting your city for the first time. What do you see? What would be your favorite thing...

Sonja McGiboney
Apr 23, 20203 min read


Singing out the Eeriness.
The dim, yellow light from streetlamps fell away into the shadows of the empty shops. The street was void of cars and the beautiful brick...

Sonja McGiboney
Apr 18, 20201 min read


The Prompt was "Handle with care"
Today was the second meeting of a small group of writers who are working on their craft writing short stories to random prompts. I...

Sonja McGiboney
Apr 17, 20205 min read


Covid Has Me Crazy
It is undeniable that many people are suffering the powerful, rage of COVID-19. I am utterly wigged out with the amount of people dying....

Sonja McGiboney
Apr 16, 20203 min read
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