Julia’s Writing

Today we have a special post – two stories for the price of one!  (Namely, that price is free, but hey, who’s counting, right?).
In honor of my wonderful father’s birthday, I am posting two stories. The first is called A Walk in the Park and it is by my dad, Grahame Scott-Douglas.  He wrote this [...]

Nobody has ever asked me where I get my ideas, so this is simply mental masturbation. But, I do think about where I get my ideas from, because sometimes they make me smile and sometimes they just freak me out.
Usually I like to say most of my ideas are inspired by authors I admire, which [...]

Last week I had goals.  Did I make them? Haha, hehe, hoho. Er… short answer? No.
Long answer, here’s where I’m at (for anyone who cares to know):
Word count on my YA novel: 12,307.  I wrote a little over a thousand words on it this weekend.  Ouch.
I did, however, complete editing my picture book (which, I [...]

As you may be able to tell from the posts on my book review blog, I’m a tad obsessed with zombies. I think it’s because they scare me more than pretty much anything else. They actually give me nightmares.
So, here’s a very short zombie story for ya: Dead People are Supposed to Stay Dead by [...]

I feel better!  Yay and Hallelujah!  I’m gonna get some writing done tonight.  Enjoy the story tomorrow!

After two days of half swine flu, half intense migraines, I am just about ready to go to bed and get another eight hour or so night of sleep.  In fact, the only reason I can type right now (albeit for only a short time) is due to the wonder drug Tylenol, which I have, [...]

A long, long time ago on a blog not very far away, I said I was getting my first short story – After the Bombs published.   The company who was going to publish this fabled story tragically folded and I was left with a story that my publisher and I had worked on for many, [...]

Hey, so I’m trying something new. I’m going to start putting up short stories as Google Docs and will stick a link to the story on this blog. Eventually, when GoDaddy decides to help me out with my Wordpress upgrades, I’ll also provide a PDF for download and a Mobi doc.
So, here’s the first short. [...]