Veronica Coldiron - Writer on Reedsy Prompts

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Summer Dreams

Weekly Contest #350

The extreme temperature of my first memorable summer was unusually humid for our area of Indiana, driving the heat index up into almost the 100’s. There hadn’t been much rain that year and it showed. Mrs. Shultz from next door couldn’t keep her prize roses alive long enough to compete in the garden club’s annual floral competition but to her credit, most of the other gardeners in the area were experiencing worse issues than she was. My mama was a Georgia girl, born and raised. Prior to falling in love with my dad and moving up north, she had...

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Second Place is First Loser

Veronica Coldiron

Weekly Contest #347

INTRODUCTION: Everyone searches for value and self-worth. And while our worth really isn’t something we should tally by success, a little winning goes a long way. Is it so much to ask, to just win once in a while? Each time that I challenge myself to compete, the effort is always lauded as amazing, but also "just not quite good enough to win"… SECOND PLACE IS FIRST LOSER: I still remember the first time I competed, and it wasn’t really a “competition” per se’. Our second-grade class was putting on a play. I was excited bec...

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Sleeper Car

Veronica Coldiron

Weekly Contest #344

An interruption in the track popped the chair up and I jumped awake in the middle of an aggressive dream. I don’t know what the dream was exactly, just that it jarred me. In the waning sunlight as I gazed past the window, green fields rushed by in a blur, and wildflowers, a streak of goldenrod. Stretching and yawning, I pushed my arms out to pull the knots out of my back, and my left hand grazed something hard.Once I recomposed myself, I looked left and beheld the long, lavishly built, black casket trimmed in bright, shining silver. I stood,...

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Author bio

About the author
Veronica Coldiron is a Christian, wife, mother, accountant, singer/songwriter, author, bookkeeper, web-designer, artist, house painter - chief cook and bottle washer and likewise all around jack of all trades.

She uses life experience to create books, many of which are just for others to enjoy.

Having been born up North, then migrating South after her parents divorced, she's seen both the good and bad sides of living on either side of the Mason Dixon line, giving her a unique perspective and sense of humor, which comes out in all her projects.

Please find her on Social Media by typing "Veronica Coldiron" or "Ronni Right" in the search window.

And remember: Live your life right now, tomorrow is a fleeting thought that may never materialize.