by Devi S. Laskar | Mar 22, 2012 | Daily Prompt, Featured, Uncategorized
My mother is a writer who refuses to admit she’s a writer. According to her, she doesn’t write anything real–a novel or stories or poems or blog posts. She doesn’t have much skill, she says; she just writes. Fine, I’ll play along with...
by Devi S. Laskar | Mar 18, 2012 | Daily Prompt, Featured, Uncategorized
Every Day, A Little Death Knell It seems as if death is all around lately. My wonderful, kind neighbor passed away last week. I’m going to a friend’s mother’s funeral on Saturday. These events have me thinking about how many ways death influences my...
by Devi S. Laskar | Mar 15, 2012 | Daily Prompt, Featured, Uncategorized
My day job involves, among many other duties, directing the writing center at the university where I work. One of my greatest challenges in that area is training and supervising the college students who serve as writing tutors. They’re intelligent and skilled...
by Devi S. Laskar | Mar 11, 2012 | Daily Prompt, Featured, Uncategorized
For as long as I can remember, everybody (family, teachers, friends, frenemies) has asked me “What’s wrong?” I scowl a lot, and they assume something’s wrong. All I’m doing is thinking, but somehow my uninviting expression invites...
by Devi S. Laskar | Mar 8, 2012 | Daily Prompt, Featured, Uncategorized
Superman tugged at his curly-q bang, surprised to discover his hair had gotten so long he could pull it down in front of his eye. “Wow,” he muttered to himself, letting go of the lock, watching it boing while resenting the universe for giving him such...
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