by SA Healey | Dec 15, 2017 | For Writers
I can’t believe 2017 is already nearing the finish line. Soon, bubbly-fueled, pitchy renditions of Auld Lang Syne will fill the air, and I’ll feign familiarity with the lyrics by humming and grunting the melody with my family and friends, poised to hit the...
by SA Healey | Jul 8, 2017 | Poetry
She kept the bouquets Given in bloom Before reverence was a ghost Rancid lilies On the bedside table Patronizing her With their shelf-life devotion “Never again will I love,” she proclaimed “Never again will I give,” she explained “Never...
by SA Healey | Jun 9, 2017 | For Writers
***This article originally appeared on VoElla.com in October 2016.*** “Don’t dream your life. Live your dreams.” – Author unknown I love this quote and carry it close, referring to it often, especially when I feel myself slipping into old, counterproductive habits. It...
by SA Healey | Mar 8, 2017 | For Writers, On Books and Reading
There are days—like today—when I find myself on the receiving end of… The look. It’s the one people lay on me after learning what I do for a living—more specifically, the fact that I write… Wait for it… ROMANCE. It’s a look that evolves...
by SA Healey | Feb 2, 2017 | Short Stories
We were each to come separately. We had to be smart. Cautious. Cover our tracks. Travel as far as the money would take us. Away from the horrors of the past. The location was perfect, a tourist’s seventh heaven—presently cloaked in the kind of night...