The Drive
Persevering seems to be what I do best, and I don’t always know how I manage. The question, “What am I still doing here?” crosses my mind a lot, and […]
Author Archives: rosysophia
In the Face of Darkness
I waited in the tiny exam room with my head wrapped up in a scarf, because the fluorescent lights have been a trigger for me since childhood. The doctor came […]
Out Of The Body
Pain has a way of separating you from reality, but it also has a way of keeping you grounded. It’s a strange balance I’ve noticed over the years, since I’ve […]
Trigeminal Neuralgia in fiction
Excerpt from Orion Cross My Sky: The house, including his bedroom, smelled like his mother’s stale cigarettes. Orion clambered out of bed, his face aching. It had been a cold […]
The TN Attack
Last year, during a severe pain attack, I was asked, “What’s it feel like?” I remember writhing where I sat, wanting to rip my face off, wanting to tear it […]
Return of the TN Beast
I keep hoping that one day I’ll wake up and the pain will be gone. I give myself that benefit of the doubt. My gift to myself is the desperate […]
Writing and Wing Chun
At a craft lecture at Eckerd College’s Writers in Paradise Conference, Dennis Lehane asked us, “Anyone have a New Year’s resolution they want to share?” I couldn’t answer the question, […]
Grief, Part 2
When my brother died, I wanted to die too. A little over a month ago, my confidant and best friend left the earthly plane. There were things I told Miles that […]
The Chemist’s Shop: Guest Post by Richard Brumer
I’m an 85-year-old Jewish writer. Most young people today know nothing about the Holocaust. Some say it never happened. It is inconceivable to imagine that in a civilized society humans […]
When writing fails…
The book I once called my “Florida history book” has gone through a thousand and one incarnations, and each time, it was clear something was wrong with it. I just […]