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Farewell, 2019 …

Posted on December 31, 2019 by Leonard D. Hilley II

2019 is a year that I would have to rank as the fastest passing year of my life. My mother often said that the older we got, the faster the Read More …

Posted in Inspiration, The Writing Process, Writing2 Comments

Imagination: What Do YOU See?

Posted on December 10, 2019 by Leonard D. Hilley II

Since we’ve started building fantasy dungeon terrain, my mind views scrap materials or paper items that are normally tossed out in the garbage in a new light. Strangely, I covet Read More …

Posted in Inspiration, Patreon, Shawndirea, Writing, Writing TipsTagged Crafting, Creativity, DIY Fantasy Hobby Terrain, Dungeons and Dragons 2020, hobbies, Vivid imaginationLeave a comment

Need an Editor? Hire Me!

Posted on December 5, 2019December 10, 2019 by Leonard D. Hilley II

Time is valuable. We’ve all heard that ‘Time is Money’. Time is a fleeting commodity and limited. The same holds true in my life. With my current job, writing, crafting, Read More …

Posted in Libraries, The Writing Process, Writing, Writing TipsTagged Editing, Editing Revision 2020, Editing services, Proofreading 2020Leave a comment

How Do Others View You?

Posted on October 25, 2019 by Leonard D. Hilley II

What do people see when they look at you? It’s a question most of us ponder from time to time. Though we shouldn’t worry about what others think, or their Read More …

Posted in Inspiration, Interviews, Memoirs, Muse, Patreon, The Writing Process, Writing, Writing TipsLeave a comment

Someday Never Comes

Posted on July 25, 2019 by Leonard D. Hilley II

A dark chapter excerpt from my memoirs when I was about thirteen years old: Alcoholism had been a key factor in my parent’s divorce, and our mother’s addiction didn’t end Read More …

Posted in DeKalb County Alabama Memories, Fort Payne, Inspiration, Memoirs, Muse, Pleasant Hill Alabama, Rainsville, Throwback Thursday, WritingLeave a comment

If You Could Go Back in Time …

Posted on July 16, 2019 by Leonard D. Hilley II

What would you change? About ten years after I graduated from Plainview, I ran into an old friend of mine from school. We shared briefly some of the ordeals we’d Read More …

Posted in Alabama, DeKalb County Alabama Memories, Fort Payne, Inspiration, Memoirs, Muse, Parkersburg, Pleasant Hill Alabama, Rainsville, The Writing Process, WritingTagged Butterfly Effect, Depression, suicideLeave a comment

Stephen King Moments

Posted on July 12, 2019July 12, 2019 by Leonard D. Hilley II

Every now and then, I have eerie encounters that I consider “Stephen King Moments”, as though I might have stepped through some portal into the landscape of one of his Read More …

Posted in Alabama, DeKalb County Alabama Memories, Fort Payne, Inspiration, Memoirs, Muse, Pleasant Hill Alabama, Rainsville, The Writing Process, Throwback Thursday, WritingTagged Stephen King, Stephen King NovelsLeave a comment

Mowing Grass

Posted on May 8, 2019 by Leonard D. Hilley II

When I was a little kid, I always wanted to mow the grass. My oldest brother mowed our lawn a lot, and our father did, too. I wasn’t allowed because Read More …

Posted in Alabama, DeKalb County Alabama Memories, Fort Payne, Inspiration, Memoirs, Muse, Pleasant Hill Alabama, Rainsville, WritingLeave a comment

Bullies

Posted on May 6, 2019 by Leonard D. Hilley II

When I entered seventh grade, the final stage was set for my parents’ divorce. I had known it was coming. I listened to their heated arguments every night when our Read More …

Posted in Alabama, DeKalb County Alabama Memories, Fort Payne, Inspiration, Memoirs, Muse, Pleasant Hill Alabama, Rainsville, The Writing Process, WritingTagged Building confidence, Bullies, Bullying, Self-esteemLeave a comment

Mental Scars

Posted on May 5, 2019May 5, 2019 by Leonard D. Hilley II

Long after physical abuse has ended during childhood, the mental scars remain. Physical bruises heal and fade away. The memories of those incidents, however, are often carried throughout life. When Read More …

Posted in DeKalb County Alabama Memories, Fort Payne, Memoirs, Muse, Pleasant Hill Alabama, Rainsville, Science Fiction, The Writing Process, WritingTagged child abuse2 Comments

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    • Sci-Fi/Suspense
      • Predators of Darkness
      • Beyond the Darkness
      • The Game of Pawns
      • Death’s Valley
      • The Deimos Virus
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      • Dee’s Mystery Solvers: The Beating Heart Beneath Hollow Hill Cemetery
      • Fiddling Worms
      • Dragons in My Backyard
    • Epic Fantasy Series
      • Shawndirea (Chronicles of Aetheaon – Book One)
      • Lady Squire: Dawn’s Ascension (Chronicles of Aetheaon – Book Two)
      • FROSTHAMMER: The Dwarves of Nagdor (Chronicles of Aetheaon – Book Three)
      • Devils Den
    • Urban Fantasy/Paranormal Romance
      • Forrest Wollinsky: Vampire Hunter
      • Forrest Wollinsky: The Blood Mists of London
      • Forrest Wollinsky: Predestined Crossroads
      • Succubus: Shadows of the Beast
      • Raven
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