R.S. Sillanpaa
Bio
Why is it so hard to write about myself? That's where I get writer's block!
In short, I am a writer, dreamer, and a cancer survivor writing about a wide range of things, fiction and non-fiction, whatever happens to interest and inspire me.
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Bliss. Honorable Mention in I Wrote This Challenge. Top Story - June 2025.
There it was, the Mediterranean Sea. Glittering far below me, the salt in the air unmistakable. Legs shaking, I stepped off my bicycle. I couldn’t breathe, and my head spun. Not from the effort it took to get to the top of the hill, but from the effort it took to get here.
By R.S. Sillanpaa7 months ago in Writers
The Greatest Gift
Something isn’t right. This place is all wrong. I know it as soon as I come to. How long I have been out cold, I cannot tell. I try to focus. To remember, but the effort sends me spinning. I struggle for air. I need a hit of oxygenated blood to stop the descent, but I can’t get it.
By R.S. Sillanpaa2 years ago in Fiction
Better Than Before
A few days into the new year, I, along with other Vocal writers, received an email from Vocal summing up my 2023 on the platform. The email also mentioned it was the best year yet for Vocal. While it may have been Vocal’s best year to date, it certainly wasn’t my best year on Vocal.
By R.S. Sillanpaa2 years ago in Motivation
