by Danielle Scruton | Apr 10, 2024 | Blog Post |
I wrote this post in July of 2018—a lifetime ago. And yet, I wanted to share this one because I still find the waters of business to be tricky to navigate. Maybe you can relate. 💙 There is no real method to my madness when it comes to sharing my writing and certainly...
by Danielle Scruton | Mar 25, 2024 | Blog Post, Podcast Episode |
I have been tangled up with you for years in a very arms-length, don’t-get-too-close-to-me kind of way. Never have I felt worthy. Never have I felt safe. And this has been my own doing. It has been through my own unwillingness to open up, to be myself that I sit...
by Danielle Scruton | Nov 16, 2023 | Blog Post, Podcast Episode |
The post below was written four years ago during a fairly intense time in my life. I was facing a lot of truth about myself and the unhealthy patterns and coping mechanisms I’d been living out for years. I was trying to outrun the truth. I had been...
by Danielle Scruton | Nov 3, 2023 | Blog Post, Podcast Episode |
From my WIP… Hailey was sitting on the edge of the bed when her sister, Sarah, awoke. “You didn’t oversleep,” she said. “Don’t worry.” Sarah rubbed her eyes, slowly clearing the metaphorical cobwebs. “Ok,” she said. “So, what’s up?” Hailey looked serious. “I...
by Danielle Scruton | Oct 19, 2023 | Blog Post, Podcast Episode |
I used to do this thing where I would post memes that spoke to me as a passive-aggressive way to show people I was hurting. It’s a very human thing to do when we want to feel seen. Does this work, though? I don’t know… unless you’re dealing...
by Danielle Scruton | Oct 11, 2023 | Blog Post, Podcast Episode |
The bartender calls me Picabo, but that’s not my name. It started two years ago when I first began frequenting the Bright Eyes Bar & Grille. I sat myself down at the bar, ordered a rusty nail and pulled out the novel I’d been reading at the time. Impressed by my...
by Danielle Scruton | Sep 27, 2023 | Blog Post, Podcast Episode |
We walked arm in arm against the wind, our limbs held so tightly as if we were bound together. The sun of early May was bright in front of us, while the breeze was harsh and cold with remnants of April in its breath. He walked tall and strong, but his eyes gave away...
by Danielle Scruton | Sep 18, 2023 | Blog Post, Podcast Episode |
From my WIP… Manfred fell into bed with an ungraceful thud. His neighbour’s words were heavy in his head. Be better. That’s how you’ll win her back. But there were some things he simply didn’t know how to fix. He took out his phone to look at her last message...
by Danielle Scruton | Sep 4, 2023 | Blog Post, Podcast Episode |
If my view outside was any indication, today was going to be grey and messy and cold. It was early November. The trees were still giving up their leaves to harsh winds and bitter rains. The sky bore a permanent layer of dulled darkness, and the streets wore a sheen of...
by Danielle Scruton | Jul 17, 2023 | Blog Post, Podcast Episode |
(Read the story and keep scrolling for a sweet offer!) On Leaving Evergreens whooshed by her as she drove. Peppered between them were trees shedding leaves of burnt red and orange. Her 2001 Acura was packed to the gills. The air was just cool enough to crack the...
by Danielle Scruton | Mar 27, 2023 | Blog Post, Podcast Episode |
From my WIP… Lily had always been the one to direct their days. That was, perhaps, the biggest adjustment that he had to make when she passed. How to fill the time that she had so capably plotted out for him all those years? He loved routine and...
by Danielle Scruton | Mar 8, 2023 | Blog Post, Podcast Episode |
Yesterday, I played laser tag with my family. It was something my boyfriend and I planned because the kids tend to get cabin fever on Sundays. I wasn’t particularly looking forward to it. Being chased is something I do not like at all, but I sucked it up for the...
