Illegibly K.M. West

Category: Musings

  • Wildflowers in Planters.

    Today, I met an angel at a coffee shop. I am one that believes that everyone who walks in or out of your life is meant to teach you a lesson. Today, I got a text from a beta telling me that somehow, this story “lines up with everything I’m going through or have been…

  • Very Short Stories (a work in progress).

    The following are tweets as a part of the #VSS365 hashtag game on Twitter. The goal is to construct a very short story within the confines of 280 characters based on a word prompt. The prompts are in bold. I’ll be adding more periodically; hope you enjoy! I climbed into bed with my husband yesterday.…

  • Character Lost.

    This might be one of my first controversial posts. Anyone who knows me, knows that I love discussion, so please feel free to comment with your thoughts. If you follow me on Instagram, you may be aware that I’m currently amidst my first foray into Paradise Lost. I stumbled on a channel that does a…

  • The Art of Taking Criticism.

    I talk a lot about time. I talk about patience, about dedication, about learning craft, about planting seeds so that future you might reap their rewards. Easy to forget, however, is the critical component that allows us to improve: criticism. I am not my own worst critic. One of them, sure, but like many people,…

  • Faster Horses.

    We don’t always know what we need. The broader picture eludes us–we aren’t looking from a vantage that shows all the budding technologies, the waxing and waning socioeconomic trends, or even the small undercurrents sweeping through our relationships. We see the world through our window–though it may be beautiful, it’s very limited. During my 200…

  • Rest.

    Today’s #AestheticAdventure theme on Twitter is #Rest. But when I think about my character’s resting, it’s not about where they lay their heads or the few hours of sleep they accumulate every couple of days. For me, rest means a downshift, a moment where the tension of the story is ever-so-slightly relieved. In real life,…

  • Let Your Light Shine: The Beauty of Character Flaws

    “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, ‘Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?’ Actually, who are you not to be?”  – Marianne Williamson Sometimes, a memory…

  • I’d Love It If We Made It.

    “And we can find out the informationAccess all the applicationsThat are hardening positions based on miscommunicationOh, f*ck your feelingsTruth is only hearsayWe’re just left to decayModernity has failed us … And I’d love it if we made it.” – The 1975 It’s a running joke among me and those close to me that one of…

  • #WCW & the Importance of Female Friendship.

    I’d like to invite you to imagine a scenario in which two women meet. Now tell me, what happens next? Do they smile meekly and introduce themselves? Do they size one another enough up for weaknesses, deciding how to best neutralize the other as a threat? Do they identify how attractive the other is (and…

  • Israel & Missed Opportunities

    Over the holiday, I’ve been reading Long Story Short: The Bible in Six Simple Movements by Joshua McNall. It’s a very enlightening little read for anyone who enjoys the Bible, reading, or storytelling, and I gifted it to my mom and my friend because I enjoyed it so much. As I was reading through the…