Monica Barrett

Author on Reedsy Prompts since May, 2020

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“What a Mother Becomes” by Monica Barrett

Submitted to Contest #43

I remember the first day I brought her home from the hospital. I was tired and the days since delivery had been long and strange. I was ready to be home, in a familiar place, though I’d soon learn that there was nothing familiar about my new life as a mother. I looked around my little living room and realized I didn’t know where I was supposed to put the baby. Should I hold her while I sat, or place her in the bassinette? The bedroom we had spent weeks preparing seemed so isolated and far away. I didn’t want to leave her in there a...

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“His Side of My Story” by Monica Barrett

Submitted to Contest #40

It was early morning when I turned onto Market Street and spotted the courthouse on my left.It was bigger than I expected, and there wasn’t a parking spot open as far as I could see. Anxiety began to creep in as the simple arrival instructions I’d received from the clerk’s office didn’t seem detailed enough.I hoped I’d be able to find my lawyer once I got inside the building.Nervous energy gnawed at my stomach and my hands turned clammy as I circled the area, looking for somewhere to p...

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Author bio

For 15 years, I’ve been a marketing, communications and PR writer who wants desperately to belong to the world of authors, poets and other miscellaneous creative writers. I “start” writing often, but rarely finish personal works because that still, small voice calls to me from the recesses of my self doubt and convinced me to not. I’ve joined prompts to motivate myself to complete small written works on a semi regular basis and maybe, one day, take my writing from copy to literature.