I suppose "Haden" is the start of a play. (If I ever figure out what to do with it.) It was originally written for my Classical Music Appreciation class in the 9th grade. We were told to respond to a piece of classical music and create a scene setting based on the emotions of the piece. The output of that assignment was "Haden", a rather 1800s, melodramatic, star-crossed lover's tragic scene.

"Entice the wind", is something I wrote when I was studying Shakespeare's "Macbeth". I was inspired by the bold dramatics of Shakespearean dialogue, and wondered if I could write something similar. I didn't finish it, so what I have here is only the opening lines. Maybe someday I will work on it again. After my novels are complete, probably.

"A young woman takes an unlikely stand", was written in the 9th grade. It is an extremely dramatic piece ... but I tended towards the dramatic when I was a young girl. I find it rather funny now. Take it in stride.

In fact, take all three in stride. I composed them during the ages of 14 and 15.



"I waver, continually fly to the summit of the mountain, but cannot stay up there for more than a moment. Others waver too, but in lower regions, with greater strength; if they are in danger of falling, they are caught up by the kinsman who walks beside them for that purpose. But I waver on the heights; it is not death, alas, but the eternal torments of dying."
--Frank Kafka (Diaries)