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    Of Circuitry and Stars
    Melissa Volker
    • Jan 4, 2020
    • 1 min

    Of Circuitry and Stars

    Offering a free read of a short story uncharacteristic of my writing -- cyberpunk! Get it at the dropdown link "Extras" under fiction....
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    DEEP WATERS
thoughts on my writing: its failings, its purpose, its promise
    Melissa Volker
    • Jul 27, 2018
    • 3 min

    DEEP WATERS thoughts on my writing: its failings, its purpose, its promise

    My published collection of short stories was born of a time in my early adulthood in Manhattan where I was single, sometimes lonely,...
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    Shattered - a poem for a fictional character
    Melissa Volker
    • Apr 17, 2018
    • 1 min

    Shattered - a poem for a fictional character

    When truth has failed, your faith has sundered You lift your gaze, the question wondered The bough has broke The veil was felled, You...
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    Melissa Volker
    • Dec 4, 2017
    • 2 min

    A Hero Among Us

    If you Google, "What makes a good hero?" in fiction there are a fair amount of hits that come up with lists of qualities and...
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    Time -- And Time Again
    Melissa Volker
    • Nov 20, 2017
    • 3 min

    Time -- And Time Again

    Time, time, time See what's become of me While I looked around For my possibilities I was so hard to please Look around Leaves are...
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    Throwing Down the Bones
    Melissa Volker
    • Nov 18, 2017
    • 2 min

    Throwing Down the Bones

    You keep waiting for me to speak, but my words died a long time ago -- about the time you stopped listening. But I know more than you...
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    Waiting to Drown
    Melissa Volker
    • Nov 15, 2017
    • 2 min

    Waiting to Drown

    We are drowning in mediocrity, oblivious to our impending end. We are satisfied with the bland, content with the merely okay -- no, worse...
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    Silence
    Melissa Volker
    • Sep 17, 2017
    • 3 min

    Silence

    Another installment in the process of getting (the right) words on paper: When I'm working on a book, my first draft tends to be an...
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    The Eternal Blue
    Melissa Volker
    • Aug 25, 2017
    • 4 min

    The Eternal Blue

    "I've been thinking a lot about this thing we all do -- life…" she began, her pencil absently tracing an invisible line around the open...
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    Reminiscence on Where We Go
    Melissa Volker
    • Aug 18, 2017
    • 6 min

    Reminiscence on Where We Go

    A coffee cup, a ring of dried sludge around the bottom, a pair of round, tortoiseshell glasses -- one lens tinted dark where it bakes in...
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    If You Walk With Me
    Melissa Volker
    • Aug 17, 2017
    • 1 min

    If You Walk With Me

    If you walk with me, you are welcome -- though I cannot guarantee the content of our time. My vision shifts with sun and shadows, rage...
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    Drama, Tragedy and all The Feels
    Melissa Volker
    • Aug 5, 2017
    • 3 min

    Drama, Tragedy and all The Feels

    Another installment in the process of getting (the right) words on paper: Every Wednesday I take our teen son on a road trip to spend the...
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    No, it's not a movie, it's a book -- but...
    Melissa Volker
    • Jul 21, 2017
    • 4 min

    No, it's not a movie, it's a book -- but...

    Another installment in the process of getting (the right) words on paper: I just spent three days knowing a chapter was all wrong from...
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    Truth in Writing
    Melissa Volker
    • Jul 17, 2017
    • 4 min

    Truth in Writing

    Whenever I do a reading, questions invariably arise regarding my approach to writing, where my ideas come from and how I get them from...
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    Melissa Volker
    • Jun 25, 2017
    • 3 min

    HIDDEN - why I wrote about anxiety

    "HIDDEN: an impossible story" is a short, YA magical realism novel about a fifteen-year-old boy and his struggle with anxiety. There's a...
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    The Space I'm In
    Melissa Volker
    • Apr 10, 2017
    • 3 min

    The Space I'm In

    This is NOT my work space. It is lovely, zen, uncluttered, and unfettered. The view is -- green, and while not particularly special, it...
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    One Man's Trash is Another Man's Treasure
    Melissa Volker
    • Mar 21, 2017
    • 2 min

    One Man's Trash is Another Man's Treasure

    So I recently won a short story contest on Words and Brushes. Yay for me! But seriously -- I'm happy, it's nice to be validated, to be...
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    Melissa Volker
    • Jan 24, 2017
    • 4 min

    To outline or not to outline - that is the question...

    I've been thinking a lot about writing...the act of writing, the putting of words to paper and making it real, rich, honest. All writers...
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    Thoughts on Life, Writing, and Inspiration
    Melissa Volker
    • Sep 18, 2016
    • 4 min

    Thoughts on Life, Writing, and Inspiration

    W.P. Kinsella died. For those who don't know, he wrote the book, "Shoeless Joe" upon which the movie, "Field of Dreams" was based. He...
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    Writing with an Ear
    Melissa Volker
    • Jun 2, 2016
    • 2 min

    Writing with an Ear

    When asked about my writing, I usually say I think of it as painting with words. That I strive to craft my prose with an eye toward...
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