Call Me Les

Joined June 2021

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Aspiring etymologist and hopeless addict of children's fiction.

If I can't liberally overuse adverbs and alliteration, I'm out!

Website: lesleyleatherdale.ca

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Vocalizing
When I was browsing my work to create an anthology piece of my fictions, I noticed I actually tend to write more non-fiction here than I realized. So rather vainly I've gathered it up, just in case anyone might be interested in yet another piece on a writer's self-aggrandizing examination of themselves.
By Call Me Lesabout a year ago in Writers
'Embering. Runner-Up in Tales of Hearth Challenge.
"It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness" - Eleanor Roosevelt * "What's a hart-hhe, Papa?" asked Lacey, pointing to a word in her Beatrix Potter book she did not know.
By Call Me Lesabout a year ago in Families
The Gentlest of Sweet Pains
Summer's sorrow and winter's treasure, You are the catalyst of change. The stoic exhale of autumn, Come to kiss our petals again.
By Call Me Lesabout a year ago in Poets
Common is not commonest
Common glory - true; Tho vivid colour inflame, Not mundane is blue.
By Call Me Lesabout a year ago in Poets
Faded Septembers. Top Story - October 2024.
I can't remember the brand you smoked, but I prefer to imagine you now, wherever you are, clutching a pipe, sweet smoke curling slowly around and wafting toward me as you reload your sharp wit.
By Call Me Lesabout a year ago in Poets
I Still. Top Story - February 2023.
There is a natural tendency amongst those who write to over analyse. After all, we are the creators of characters, plots and places. If we didn't examine our world, we wouldn't end up with much depth in our stories.
By Call Me Les3 years ago in Confessions
Forget Insta-Famous. Aspire to be Vocal-Famous.. Top Story - December 2022.
Lana Turner had the drugstore; James Bay had Youtube; Winnie Harlow had Instagram, and for many of us writing online, we're hoping someday someone will write So&So had Vocal.
By Call Me Les3 years ago in Journal
It's Gneiss to Meet You
* Born in dark decay. Rise! mica microcosm, Covet sun no more. * ~Haiku written for the "High-Ku" Challenge on Vocal Media.
By Call Me Les3 years ago in Poets
GREAT INCANTATIONS. Top Story - October 2021.
Updated September 30 2022 As promised, the next Dragon Challenge is finally here! Details below: Back in October 2021, your editors at the Vocal Creators Chronicle designed a Facebook space exclusively for reading, sharing, and chatting about Vocal Challenges. We were prompted by the beautiful chaos of the the first ever V+ Fiction Awards.
By Call Me Les3 years ago in Humans
S'Up Vocal, Enough with the Dogs
WHAT DID YOU SAY?? Empress Savannah Lavinnia Florentina the 1st I am answering a call to claws!! Dogs, dogs, dogs, BLECK. I must inform you Vocal, that when I read Abigail Holmes' latest blog, I had a hairball. My only regret is that Vocal doesn't have shoes. Show me your shoes! I feel another coming on. - Empress Savannah Lavinnia Florentina the 1st
By Call Me Les3 years ago in Petlife
The 1000 Words. Top Story - July 2022.
Hardly anyone knows what I do; my field is uncommon, and the degree required can be lengthy depending on what type of role you want to pursue. Most times, even when I do disclose either my title or field, people still say, "huh??"
By Call Me Les3 years ago in Journal
Let Feedback Ring
Criticism. Rejection. Feedback. The holy trinity of a writer's worst nightmare. No wonder we use pen names. Gabino's thoughts ring true for short stories and Vocal articles as well; basically, anything that comes from an author's inner world is close to our heart. Sometimes, sharing your work with the public feels like walking into a room naked. But, like, not just naked, covered in warts with a bad haircut, and the audience is your former high school classmates kind of naked.
By Call Me Les3 years ago in Journal