by davidhsafford | Jan 15, 2020 | Hiking Adventures
Gasping for breath. Sweat stinging my eyes. Stabbing pain exploding in my knee. I pause to catch the fleeting air in my lungs and gather my wits. I’m surrounded by fallen trees and leafless brush. Behind me is the roar of the waterfall. Above me the impenetrable...
by davidhsafford | Oct 7, 2019 | Commentary
For half a minute, all you can see is the gray, cloud-swept sky. Will you soon be thrown into its depths? The lap restraint presses gently into your thighs. Will it hold your body in, or come flying loose in a nightmare malfunction? The rattling lift chain hammers in...
by davidhsafford | Oct 1, 2019 | Hiking Adventures
At 6:30 in the morning, you can’t see what the spiders have been up to. You’re blind to their sticky little deeds. You’re hapless up to that sudden moment when a mesh of gooey webbing stretches over your eyelids and into your lips and you howl in...
by davidhsafford | Mar 28, 2019 | Uncategorized
The great thing about storytelling is that there are so few rules. Yet there are still things that you must get right if you want your story to work. In today’s post at The Write Practice, I explore 3 questions you need to know the answer to before you can hope...
by davidhsafford | Jan 15, 2018 | Commentary
I rarely post about politics and current events. But as a writer, I often feel moved to comment on the state of things in our world. Please note that this post isn’t an endorsement of any political ideology or politician. It is simply a reflection on the broken...
