New Fairy Tale: a story about long-distance relationships (of a sort)

“The She-Bear woke up from her long sleep. At first, a stillness saturated her limbs. She waited, slowly building her awareness of the world outside her dreaming.

The cave was warm and low. A fine layer of papery leaves were littered over her body. The cool, moist earth pressed up close against her stomach and thighs. The She-Bear breathed, her hands curled and still, tucked inside the bear skin’s claws, her face hooded by the great bear’s head. She felt her pelt gather in heavy spills of flesh about her and the way one foot fit neatly against the arch of the other. A great sigh breathed through her body, and she hunched up against the weight of her long repose. With a shy susurrous the brown, leafy detritus showered past her mass and the She-Bear rose…”

Read the new story here: The She-Bear and the North Star

This is the absolute first draft of this short story. It has been compiled over the last couple of days. I haven’t even proof read it. I would be interested to hear your thoughts- do you like how this story progresses? Is it too slow? Not enough/too much describing? Do you understand what it happening? Are the characters likable?

Mostly, besides critiquing, I hope you enjoy it! : ) – Danni

A Paper Home

I made a home for my heart today, a home of words and thoughts and dreams.

I filled the home with memories, and I fleshed it out with tales, and I furnished it with hopes.

I invited the world in, and I hoped they would not break anything.

The walls shook, and the floor wavered, and the roof sagged.

Their footsteps were like heartbeats, beating on my soul.

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If you’re interested in my latest short story, The House of Paper was written in response to the paper filled life I lead. Sometimes, I wish I was surrounded by the trees they came from rather than the white stacks of work to do. 🙂  – Danni

Let Us Begin

Where I am at in Life:

I Graduated my two Bachelors degrees last December and am working full time at the moment. Right now I’m planning on applying for postgraduate programs, although whether I aim to start any next month or next year is uncertain. I’m only partly sure of what I want to do with my life – it is a scary moment, I think, when these kinds of decisions are finally needing to be made.

I live in a little apartment. It’s a one bedroom, one lounge room kind of deal. I like it here, but it sometimes gets lonely. I miss my cat. Sometimes my girlfriend comes over and we watch tv and eat tea with Tim Tams. We’ve been together 9 and a half months- her name is Jess. She is very lovely. ❤

I launched my new jewellery label, Knave and Fables, a few weeks ago. My brother and I are just beginning the promotional side of things- its been a long six months of designing the pieces so this is a welcome relief. You should scroll through the creative sections of this website- there are some nice images of what we’ve been doing up there.

This website is primarily to act as a hub for all of my crazy projects. I’m not how many of my friends are aware of the many personas I keep alive. I always said- my plan was to be both a starving artist and a penniless writer, so if I combine the two maybe I can create an adequately functioning human being.

In the last year I think I’ve achieved that.

I’ll be adding to all of the resources on this website periodically. If you like anything in particular, let me know.

– Danni