Clare Graith

Discount Diva

March 2, 2021

Are there any clearance rack buffs in the house? No really, is there anyone else that always checks out the clearance rack first in a store? I am a diehard, deal detective when it comes to shopping. The thing with discount items is you have to be willing to hunt and be open minded about…
Go With the Flow – A Poem

February 28, 2021

Air is free,Freedom to breath,Breathing to live,Living decided,Decision to think,Thinking for better,Best way is sure,Surety sealed,Seal for strength,Strong in unity,United to act,Action of truth,Truthful is clear,Clarity simple,Simplicity weightless,Weighed without pain,Painful to no one,Oneness not lonely. Connect with me at my Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/Clare-Graith-103395098318591
The Power of Slash -Life of a NaNoWriMo Novel

February 26, 2021

“Kill Words” by Clare Graith – first paragraphs: I can’t go home. That much I know. I’ll just stay in my car at the Walmart parking lot. If I could just get the phone package open. My hands are shaking. What did he say? “Hang up and go buy a burner phone then call me…
Pages the Book Worm is Eating

February 22, 2021

Books I’m Reading – February In this post, I’ll share the books I’m currently reading. My love for writing is in tandem with my love for reading. Both have followed me through life as faithful friends. I personally would not want to be without either of them. It’s been a while since I’ve opened a…
Disintegrated Whole – A Poem

February 20, 2021

I am scattered about, with the cat’s toys, the dirty laundry, the crumbs on the countertops and under the table, In the midst of halfhearted kisses, Between unfinished sentences, Thoughts interrupted, Abandoned to ‘whatever’. In puzzle pieces, of not all the same picture, The veterinarian, The farmer’s wife with lots of kids, And animals, a…
Writing Tips From the “Funnies”

February 17, 2021

Writing advice is free all around us but there’s no place more fun to get it than the Comics. What a challenge comic strip writers have: tell a story, make it funny and often times also impactful, all in three to five frames. There’s a lot to learn but not just tight story structure. Take…