This week's Weekly Spotlight is one of our writing prompts for the week: redemption. This one gives a lot of room for interpretation with what you would like to share. For me, it conjures up an old post about forgiveness. I will be dusting that one off to share today.



If you would like to participate, share a link in the comment section below. It can be your response to the prompt this week or an old post that fits within the theme. We encourage you to visit a few others who shared a link as well. 

Have a great writing week!

Kelly

{Naked Girl in a…

Hi all! After a few busy weeks, this "Featured Day" had the audacity to sneak up on me and even though I knew it was coming, I was surprised!

But, I have the perfect topic so settle in and get to know me.

I am C.S. Janey but you can call me Cass!

I always wanted to be a writer. Not an author specifically, but I loved to write. I wrote poetry occasionally, however my real passion was - and still is - novels.

I read a lot of books and I also collected a lot of them. A big fan of romance, I'm a sucker for a good love story. There is nothing else in the world like the triumphant feeling of these two characters getting together in the end, overcoming adversity and sometimes damage that seems almost impossible to fix. You cheer, you cry, you laugh as you read the story and even though you know there is bound to be a happy ending, you can't help but suck in a breath in a tense moment.

I wanted to be that kind of writer. I wanted to suck my readers in and…

Hey everybody!!

I am a writer in Northern California and I am currently working on something with the intent of publishing. Before this I have posted online beginning with fanfiction and moving on to fictionpress after that. Both were great experiences and I joined Livejournal a while back to get even more experience and critique with my work.

I write romance, but I try to avoid the light bubble gum vibe. I like it dark and gritty and full of emotion. I like troubled characters and angst, and the intensity that can come along with it. I did branch out and write a few pieces on other things and liked it, but I always end up back in a love story now. 

My current story it…

Once in a while, I write with a hidden purpose.  It is difficult for me to write those kinds of posts without its context, because many times the average reader will see nothing but my yammering.  Many times it reads as intolerably self-righteous, especially the posts about my kids. But I write them nonetheless because they are words that I need to put down.  Perhaps they are words I need to say to a certain person, one whom I cannot sit down with face to face.  One who I know reads my blog, and so I write to them.  I say all those things I need to say.  All those things I believe they should hear.  And I am speaking to that person, and that person alone. 

For instance, my most recent post Bows and Arrows.  To the average reader, especially one who has been following my blogs for a while, it simply sounds like Aimee yacking off about her perfect kids and her holier-than-thou…

Whether I wanted to go or not, I feared Hatta and his crew would force me to drink, and that prompted me to go along. The whole idea was preposterous, but so was the reality of sitting at this table in the middle of a field with a talking mouse scurrying about my shoulders. I grabbed the pot with the post-it note (how bizarre that such a modern invention should be here in this very out-dated place) stating “Drink me!”, poured a small bit of the liquid into the nearest teacup and swallowed it. It was hot enough to burn my throat going down and my eyes squeezed shut as I winced.

When I opened them, we were no longer sitting at the table. In fact, we were no longer in the field. We were in an entirely new place altogether. The dormouse had attached himself to my nightshirt. He shivered and squealed with fright.

“Where are we?” I asked as a warm nip penetrated my night clothes. The chill crawled with barely warm fingers down through my skin all the way to my…

I love when our writing prompts give us a lot of ways to interpret them in our writing projects. This week is a perfect example. There are so many directions we can go in with "engaged," and I am excited to read what each of you submits this week.

So, for the Weekly Spotlight, drop a link in the comment section for a blog post that includes being engaged in a project, to another person, something you are passionate about, etc. 

Please don't forget to read a few submissions shared by other members as well.

Happy Writing!

Kelly

{Naked Girl in a Dress} …