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Hi, I'm Rebecca G. Jones and this is my hearty writing portfolio, which includes all my attempts to provide free enticing fiction to the needy.

"You okay?" he asks.

I still say nothing. Instead, I nod. I can smell his breath. It's stale. It doesn't smell like pot; it smells dead. It makes me think of my tongue going numb, makes me think of the dentist. And I grind my teeth in silence.

The toilet flushes from behind the door. I have my hand pressed against it with the urge to save myself. The guy, he's leaning in. His chin is brushing against my shoulder, his breath warm, numbing my ear. I feel as if I'm losing my virginity all over again.

Read excerpts from my hopeful first novel, Marianne, the Grit Queen, here.


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All contents are © Rebecca G. Jones. I handle plagiarism with a loaded gun, so please READ THIS before you think about pulling anything.

FEBRUARY 01, 2008 :: BACK IN BUSINESS!

Well over a year has passed since my last update. Every time I opened this once humble abode, I glanced at the 'August 04, 2006' headline that dated the last entry, and I noticed that the previous shades of grey that made the layout seemed to fade with every visit.

It wasn't my intention to neglect things. In September of 2006 I started my first year of University and quickly realized how time consuming it could be. It was better for me personally; I made some friends and filled up my time and found a male companion. But I didn't write shit. It was saddening, but I was for once happy with the way things were going, which was good. On my last update here I wrote, "It's been difficult to find ideas, but I think that now with my will to actually write about my own life events, I can get myself somewhere. I certainly had the ideas; it was the just the time I was lacking in.

So writing took the back seat to all the homework and all the labour of real work and all university parties. In a sense it had to happen; I needed the time off. But I missed writing dearly, and it wasn't until well into the summer of 2007 that I started trying again. And for the most part, those attempts got me nowhere.

Enter second year of university. I had a Creative Writing course that eventually sparked my creativity all over again, and then I began to lose all interest in not only my other three courses, but in University altogether. I started skipping so I could finish my stories, and I attended every Creative Writing class with enthusiasm. The rest of school became frustrating and unbearable, and I finally realized that writing was what I wanted to do, that it was the only thing I had a real passion in pursuing.

Flunking all of my other classes was difficult, but eventually the end of the semester came and I felt a huge sense of relief, and a huge feeling of uncertainty. Dropping out of University was a quick choice, and I really have no idea where I'm going to end up or what kind of things I'll be getting myself into in the future.

But alas, here I am, a legit freelance writer. Hopefully this website will be my first step into seriousness. There's no guarantee how much work I'll actually be publishing here, because some things I will have to keep secret in order to send out to the magazines, seeing as most of them don't like to accept works that have been published anywhere at all.

As for the website, the structure of this layout is much the same as the last. To me, there was really no sense trying to fix something that works. I've also added some new features with the relaunch:

:: I have a new feedback page that gives you plenty of options to get in touch with me.

:: For visual appeal, I've added "promo images" for each new story, as you'll notice with the new work below. These images will appear on this page with the new updates, as well as on the pop-ups that feature the stories themselves. I feel that everybody judges things based on appearance, and I had the idea of including images to help convey a feeling to each story. The images are hosted on Flickr, so you can view the complete gallery here.

:: I've re-worked the format of the pop-up windows. They look amazing, and are, for lack of better words, so damn rad.

:: I've also added a page featuring excerpts from my novel in progress, Marianne, the Grit Queen, which is based off the short story of the same name.

So that's the latest, and I'm looking forward into delving headstrong into this wring gig. I hope you enjoy!


:: MARIANNE, THE GRIT QUEEN
:: Form: Novel Excerpt
:: Description:

During a drunken walk, Marianne finds a house party full of strangers that she hopes will help her forget about her feelings for her friend, Nathan, who has recently moved away. She narrowly avoids the confrontation of a drunken mishap that she gets herself into, and then leaves the party alone to contemplatethe mess of her life and what she wants to do with it.

:: JACKPOT
:: Form: Short Story
:: Description:

Paul Moore, a once proud father and devoted husband, won $2.5 million in the lottery shortly after the birth of his daughter. And he lived happily ever after, so the story goes. This was up until he discovered that his wife was cheating on him, and every bit of security he believed he'd had was blown out the door.