Tag Archives: journey

Time to Experience a Fool’s Odyssey

Posted on October 21, 2025 by mitchteemley

Dear blogger friends: I’m in the midst of a week-long project. And so, in an effort to avoid creative overload, I’m taking a break from blogging. Meanwhile, I’m inviting you to read my award-winning poetic novella, Fool’s Odyssey. To begin your … Continue reading →

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Putting My Search for Meaning On Hold

Posted on March 11, 2025 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir I’d been admitted, I discovered, to one of the top drama schools in the country. The “Welcome Theatre Majors! Party” at a wealthy alumna’s pad, revealed two other things: they could drink and they could think. If they’d been … Continue reading →

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The Road We All Must Travel

Posted on December 14, 2024 by mitchteemley

Photo by Mikko Lagerstedt “Failure, not success, is the shortest path to victory. But be warned: it leads through a broken heart.” ~The Wishing Map φ

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The Lost Girl

Posted on September 17, 2024 by mitchteemley

 My Real Memoir She was there, and yet she wasn’t. My suddenly-ex-girlfriend Dar handed me her apartment key, and said, “Well, bye.” I leaned in for a long kiss, hoping it might re-ignite something, but she cut it short. To … Continue reading →

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A New Sister

Posted on November 4, 2023 by mitchteemley

Source: artstation.com The Wishing Map is a full-length fantasy that is being posted episodically at this site. To read the previous episode, click here. To read the entire novel, begin here. Upon learning her brother had been kidnapped, Gina set off with the … Continue reading →

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Only the Beginning

Posted on April 15, 2023 by mitchteemley

Artwork by Stefan Keller The Wishing Map is a full-length fantasy that is being posted episodically at this site. To read the previous episode, click here. To read the entire novel, begin here. Wounded and bruised, Zack and Gina returned … Continue reading →

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Reaching Your Destination

Posted on February 27, 2023 by mitchteemley

Thought for the Week To you who are in emotional travail who long for healing now right here where you are I want to say healing awaits because it does But it is not here It is in a place … Continue reading →

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You Have Not Passed This Way Before

Posted on January 29, 2023 by mitchteemley

When you come to a place you’ve never been before, for example a town you’ve never visited or, literally, every new stage of your life, and don’t know the way to go, the wisest choice is to follow someone who … Continue reading →

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Tips for Writers: Trust the Story

Posted on September 29, 2022 by mitchteemley

Experience is the most effective teacher (I learned more Spanish in three days in Barcelona than I did in two years of high school Spanish class). But one of the most interesting things about the human psyche is that we’re … Continue reading →

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Two Years of Writing Tips!

Posted on June 8, 2022 by mitchteemley

I’m up to my proverbial eyeballs in projects once again – the chiefest of which is my daughter’s wedding (which I’m officiating, btw)! Hence, I’ll be on hiatus for a week or so. Therefore, this is the perfect time for … Continue reading →

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