Every Lie We Told: Part V – The End
Behind the final graphic for Every Lie We Told: the wheat field, the reaching hand, and the question of what survives when the walls fall.
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Every Lie We Told: Part IV – Battle Lines
After years of silence, the dam has been breached. Mark and Jen retreat behind distance, each wondering if love can survive the fallout.
Every Lie We Told Part III: The Downward Spiral
In Every Lie We Told Part III: The Downward Spiral, gravity takes over as Mark and Jen fight to hold on.
Every Lie We Told: Animals
Every Lie We Told Part II - Animals Desire. Jealousy. Guilt. Part II steps into that wilderness where instinct blurs with intention. Where love, once gentle, begins to bare its teeth. This line by Paul Verlain and Arthur Rimbaud captures the ache of wanting what cannot…
A cracked golden lamp, a flicker of light, and Rumi’s words on love’s endurance.
Every Lie We Told by M.J. Ortmeier begins with Part I – Days Gone By.
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A little behind-the-scenes for Every Lie We Told — from blank page to book launch. Grateful for everyone who’s followed our writing journey.
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A Blank Screen
I opened Word and saw something I haven’t seen in a while. Tabula Rasa. A blank page. Do I still remember how to start one? It feels like we’ve been doing nothing for a whole decade but editing the story of Mark and Jen, and the slow unraveling of their marriage. Which is kind of…
A Reformed Stripper
WARNING: TITLE IS CLICKBAIT!!! Part of my job is to return unsold books to a distributor, and one of my favorite parts of this task–for more than one reason–used to be stripping the covers off the paperbacks that have the little “s” in a triangle near the barcode. That symbol…
Writing Tips From a Disorganized Mind
I specifically remember lying on my stomach on the bed in my room as a teenager, staring at a blank piece of paper (yes, actual paper and a pencil). My favorite writing surface in this position was one of the big “Illustrated Stories from the Book of Mormon”…
Peace and Quiet in the Time of Pandemic
On one side of the breakroom in the television station where I work is a wall of floor to ceiling windows that lend it plentiful sunlight. Even on cloudy days or after dark, it’s a peaceful place to hang out when I need a connection to the outside world. As…
Planning the Spontaneous
“Writing Twitter’s” December Hot Topic of 2019 is pantsing versus plotting—writing by the seat of your pants as opposed to outlining the story before beginning to write. If you saw the first draft of this post, you’d know I’m a pantser, which, given what I’m telling about…
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Black Mirror Glaze
Black Mirror Glaze The evidence is gone, the error consumed. Only the following written account remains. We were watching British Baking Show when Michael said he liked mirror glaze cake. He didn’t ask me for one, or say that he would…
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Polka Dots
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1 Dress 3 Looks
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Sneak The Style Out
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Bohemian Style
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Beauty Over Money
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Buy Less Choose Well
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Polka Dots
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Going forward, I'm calling all bodies of water Gulf of Mexico.
Long Island Sound? Gulf of Mexico.
Lake Placid? Gulf of Mexico.
Chattahoochee River? Gulf of Mexico.
My half-full tumbler of Perrier? Gulf of Mexico.