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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! ;)

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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. :)

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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.

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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! :)

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November 29, 2021 at 11:49am

#1022508

Shuffling Off the Mortal Coil

Eyelashes flutter, blurred vision gradually coming into focus.

My chest heaves. I wheeze, inhaling oxygen from my nasal cannula. There is nobody here with me. I am alone in this starkly lit room, filled with nothing but the cloying scent of disinfectant and the nonenal odor of decrepit life. And yet, I have company.

Picture frames stand on my bedside table. I reach a wizened hand out, wrinkled palm snatching up a wooden square and pulling it towards my eroding eyesight. Frail fingers stroke the glass, resting on familiar faces captured on film, a window into a memory created several lifetimes ago. I was a different person then. Younger, arrogant, naive, full of piss and vinegar.

Who would have thought I'd travel the world and visit old friends, hopping from country to country, states and counties, haunting their doorsteps with a cheeky grin? It was a pleasure to see them at long last. Finally, I could put usernames to faces, stories to their creators. I was just a side character in those rollicking tales of theirs, a traveler who went with the wind, carrying nothing but reflections and recollections, sharing contagious laughter and personal anecdotes.

I ran my fingertips over those beaming countenances, silently naming each one. I missed them. Where were they now? Did they accomplish those goals, achieve the long dreamt victories we confessed? Are they doing the same thing as I? Sitting at the edge of existence, pondering a life well lived?

Tenderly, I replaced the picture frame on my table. Several books lay scattered about, each with my name on them. I smiled, staring at the new editions and updated covers, remembering the days spent struggling over short stories and wondering if I'd ever finish a novel.

If this is all I have during the end days, I will be content. For that is all I truly wish to achieve.

Day 29: Imagine for a moment that you are near the end of your life. What do you want to have done that would make you feel satisfied?

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