Words with Wren

Dark stories, bookish thoughts, writing updates, and whatever else is rattling around in my head.

Why I Keep Writing Women in Terrible Marriages When Mine Is Actually Great

There is something mildly concerning about the number of terrible marriages I have created. Cheating husbands. Lying husbands. Controlling husbands. Husbands with secrets. Husbands who disappear. Husbands who die under suspicious circumstances. Meanwhile, my actual husband is downstairs asking if I want him to make me something to eat. So… explain that. 😂 I am…

I Think the Writer in Me is Finally Waking Back Up

For a long time, I didn’t write. Well, that’s not exactly true because I write all the damn time. Emails, captions, blog posts, stuff for work. If someone is waiting on me to finish something, chances are I’m writing it. But stories? Nope. I wasn’t lying in bed thinking about characters who didn’t exist. I…