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Random Ramblings

by Ray Scrivener

Rated: E · Book · Writing · #2232903

My blog, where I store those thoughts rattling around my brain

Welcome to the insanity of my mind! Please excuse the cobwebs and clutter, I've been meaning to clean the place up a bit...

Stop in and read some of my nonsense whenever the mood strikes you :)

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10 Most Recent Blog Comments:

WakeUpAndLive~doingNaNo'24

Jun 20, 2023 at 6:10am
In response to "A Good Question"

Freedom, definitely!

Ray Scrivener

Apr 4, 2022 at 7:36pm
In response to "Build a Character!"

Well seeing as I'm making some excellent progress on my other projects, take your time. I'm managing quite well :P

WriterAngel

Apr 4, 2022 at 10:48am
In response to "Build a Character!"

Absolutely! Hoping to get back to that story today! ;)

1 Like

WriterAngel

Mar 31, 2022 at 8:44pm
In response to "Techno Tunes"

It's funny, but while music with lyrics always helps me get in the right mood for a particular type of story, I have an easier time writing with instrumental music playing. Sometimes I can do music with lyrics, but most of the time, it slows me down. I do like to have theme songs that get me in the right mode for certain characters, though. Often, I'll have a song that I'll play before I sit down to work on a longer story that takes multiple days to write. It helps me find the right mood/voice. For my NaNo novel, it was Halsey's "Tradition". For Galatea, it was a Billie Eilish song called "everything i wanted". For my recent Screams story Escape, it was Digital Daggers "The Devil Within".

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Ray Scrivener

Mar 26, 2022 at 11:52am
In response to "Tried Express It In Eight!"

You've been having so much fun that I felt obligated to join in! Thanks for broadening my horizons with new contests :P

WriterAngel

Mar 26, 2022 at 11:39am
In response to "Tried Express It In Eight!"

Yay! I’m so glad you ventured over there. :)

1 Like

WriterAngel

Mar 9, 2022 at 11:08am
In response to "I Was a Fool to Dream"

Come now, Ray! This morning someone paid for my coffee before I pulled up to the Starbucks window. Made my day. And I paid for the person behind me. Hopefully it made theirs.

While they hardly solve the world's energy conundrum in one earth-shattering change, the tiniest little things sometimes make all the difference in the world, and we're all capable of making them happen.

Besides, Netflix and two-day delivery from Amazon rock! XD

WriterAngel

Jan 24, 2022 at 10:35pm
In response to "Corrosion"

Such a sad piece. I hope the speaker finds his beauty.

1 Like

S. Serpent

Dec 23, 2021 at 10:39am
In response to "Shuffling Off the Mortal Coil"

Potent stuff. I'm jealous.

At that point in my life, I'll be yelling at shadows and trying to remember if I now wear diapers or not.

But somewhere in that squishy pink thing locked in my skull, I'll remember you. I'll remember all of you.

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WriterAngel

Dec 15, 2021 at 4:35pm
In response to "Tis the Season!"

This is really freaking great! :)

1 Like

December 3, 2021 at 4:54pm

#1022740

Look Behind the Wall

Love & Hate

Standing now
Calling all the people here to see the show
Calling for my demons now to let me go
I need something, give me something wonderful

1 Like • Comment

December 3, 2021 at 11:09am

#1022734

A Dark Dreamscape Carol

Cloaked in furs against the chill
A maiden starts her pilgrimage
Shielding candle from the wind
Vulnerable flame sputters
Flickering yet resolute
Burning defiantly in the darkness

She stops before a balsam fir
Branches laden with wax effigies
Glowing dreams, torrid passion
each gleaming among fragrant needles
Illuminating the silent timber
with a hopeful tapestry of light

Placing her offering among them
Stepping back to witness the sheen
Pilgrim exhales with reverence
Basking in luminescence
Admiring brilliant luster
From every walk of life

Colors morph from yellow to green
Flames crackle, sparks snap
Greedily, the embers grow
Blistering supporting twigs
Ivory pillars begin to crumble
Melting in the sudden heat

Tearful maiden can only witness
Unable to stop the conflagration
All consuming in its fervor
Listening to soft shrieks
As the tree keens and withers
Helpless against igneous assault

Now the shrine has vanished
Replaced by charred bark and soot
Pale ashes tumble silently
Ghosts drifting on icy breeze
Wafting over a grieving woman
Fading into the gathering shadows

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