Veronica Packwood - Writer on Reedsy Prompts

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Sticks and Twine

Submitted to Contest #240

It was a balmy midmorning on the cusp of spring and summer, the air smelling of magnolia wood and blooming jasmine, and Yelena was sweating. Her pale arms were starting to redden from the light sun, and she kept having to pull her skirt, sticky with sweat and river water, away from her knees. The warm months in the nation of Xinzihua were unfamiliar, her body having long acclimated to the permafrost of her home country, forcing her to spend the first two summers of her new life cooped up in a dark room with a cold drink in reach. When s...

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Welder by day, writer…also by day.

I’ve been writing ever since my hands were big enough to hold a pencil. My lifelong dream of becoming a published author came to a screeching halt with ‘The Disastrous Dance Recital’ when I realized that writing a whole book is not only incredibly difficult for a child of nine, but also a long labor of trial, error, and love. Since then, I’ve been honing my skills, squeezing in projects between whatever books I’m currently engrossed in (Right now it’s Middlemarch) and pre-apprenticeship training. Until I see my own work on the shelves of some Midwestern Barnes & Noble, I’ll be publishing some of my short stories here. If you’d like to commission a piece from me, please contact me at packwoodveronica@gmail.com