THE POWER OF NO

I was recently up for a writing job and asked for something I’d never heard of before. My recruiter called me the day before my phone interview with the client and told me I’d need to take a “copy test.” This was the gauntlet I had to pass through in order to secure a freelance gig. No matter that I had a…

Say “Yes.” And Bend Over.

I was recently up for a writing job and asked for something I’d never heard of before. My recruiter called me the day before my phone interview with the client and told me I’d need to take a “copy test.” This was the gauntlet I…

I’ve been working at the grocery store for several months now. When I started, I figured it would be a short-lived…

copyright 2014, Lucia Davies

“Oh, for the gods’ sake,” said Lady Lobelia Boom as she fidgeted with her cigarette holder, the business end of which was a lion’s claw, or maybe that of an eagle. She was trying mightily to replace her dead…