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Skunk In My Bunk
There’s a skunk
In my bunk,
And I don’t know what to do.
I don’t want to sleep with him. Would you?

Lilyana Page
Oct 61 min read


Writing Contests: August 2025
Like to write gibberish, about real (or made up) obsessions of yours, or practice creating micro-stories? Check out these three contests. One or all of them might be right for you!

Lilyana Page
Jul 213 min read


Captain Chipper to the Rescue (short story)
Silvia, the boa constrictor, is nervously slipping up and down the trees around my home. "Chipper, are you ssure that it'ss ssafe to sstay?"

Lilyana Page
Jul 72 min read


Dear Kasey (fictional letter )
If a feller can speak freely, which I guess I kinda do darn well all o’ the time, one o’ the best things a boy like you could do is get hitched with a Cove girl.
I canna erase ink. Maybe I shouldnta said that.

Lilyana Page
Jun 304 min read


9 Kid and Teen Magazines Open for Submissions
If, like me, you want to share joy with children through your writing and think that magazines might be the way to do it, you'll like today's post. I've compiled 9 magazines that you may want to submit to. Check out the information that I've gathered for you!

Lilyana Page
Jun 97 min read


Writing Contests: July 2025
Short stories? Micro stories? Short poems? Like to write any of those? If so, be sure to check out my three writing contest suggestions for July 2025!

Lilyana Page
Jun 23 min read


'Garden Sketch'
"Spring treats us fine," the haughty daffies say, tossing their magnificent heads, convinced that not even the sun is a handsomer yellow than they...

Lilyana Page
May 262 min read


"There is one way." (Meet Cassian, second MC in my novel, BtB!)
“But what will I do?” the man wailed, “What will become of my children?"
I don't know what came over me as I watched him leave, but for...

Lilyana Page
Mar 314 min read


I'm Still Writing A Novel (BtB update)
It's been a while since I have put out a BtB (Beauty and the Beast) update on my blog. Let me share what has been happening behind the sc...

Lilyana Page
Mar 105 min read


Dear Davey
I have a passion for stories like hers. Perhaps that is because I am an orphan myself, which you know, although we did not talk about my...

Lilyana Page
Feb 173 min read


2024 Year of Writing In Review
I'm so glad I've gotten to share some of my successes with all of you and thankful for how much I have grown as a writer over the past year.

Lilyana Page
Dec 30, 20246 min read


CHRISTMAS Acrostics
Christmas is coming! Quick! Put up the tree! Ornaments galore. Most of them make it to the tree. Little Brother drops one, and it...

Lilyana Page
Dec 23, 20243 min read


"I'll Do It" (Meet Corinne, spirited MC of my current WIP novel!)
Seventeen year old Corinne, playing the part of Beauty, is now her family’s sole provider. There’s no money saved up in the bank, no...

Lilyana Page
Dec 16, 20244 min read


Novel November (What I’m Working On)
National Novel Writing Month always seems to sneak up on me. November arrives, and others around me begin their mad dash to get 30,000...

Lilyana Page
Nov 25, 20243 min read


Ruth: A Narrative Poem
Happiness seems to be slipping through Naomi’s outstretched hand
like so many grains of elusive, shining sand...

Lilyana Page
Oct 21, 20244 min read


The Story Behind Three Feet of Trouble (what inspired the tale, & where it all began)
One thing led to another, and before I knew it, the less than 500 word story had ballooned into a 16,000 word story filled with lots of...

Lilyana Page
Sep 16, 20243 min read


Caged
Everyone is frightened. Even the squabbling chickens above us have ceased to fight. Everyone is whispering about who will be next...

Lilyana Page
Aug 26, 20245 min read


Three Feet of Trouble: Part Four
Cuddles dropped the goblin ear and launched himself at Rumplestiltskin, bowling the little fiend to the ground...

Lilyana Page
Jul 22, 202410 min read


Three Feet of Trouble: Part Three
Hair. Lots of it. Dark, thick, shaggy, nasty hair. How come she’d never noticed that before? And that thing on his finger, glinting...

Lilyana Page
Jul 8, 202421 min read


Three Feet of Trouble: Part Two
Isabelle, certain that the ancient looking goblin would be dead by the time she had her first child, hastily agreed. Anything to keep her...

Lilyana Page
Jun 24, 202419 min read
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