Jackie Barrows
Bio
Jackie Barrows is an artist, a writer, and all around creative soul who enjoys bringing new ideas and stories to life. She wears many hats as a Graphic Designer, a blogger, and Lead Production Artist for R.A.W. Productions.
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The Secret Keys
The deadly inferno tore through the house as though it were only made of matches and gasoline; its bright orange glow lit up the street in the dead of night and brought all the neighbors out of their own houses in pure shock. A whole home and lifetime of memories were now gone. Sure, the people who once lived there luckily made it out unscathed—even their beloved dog Bella and cat Gerald managed to escape—but everything they once knew was destroyed.
By Jackie Barrows2 months ago in Fiction
What To Do About a Broken Spirit:. Content Warning.
Have you ever had one of those days or nights where everything comes to a head out of the blue? Like a machine that is old and decrepit, with smoke pouring out of it and gears popping and scattering across the ground, some of your daily habits you know you should have gotten rid of or fixed long ago cause your world to crumble. Now everything looks like ruins, and you sit there, trying to process how to begin picking up the pieces to make things right again.
By Jackie Barrows3 months ago in Motivation
Anything Can Happen
Daphne Jane Donnelly slapped the snooze button for the umpteenth time just as soon as the alarm went off, all for another 60 seconds of sweet, sleepy bliss. A risky move, to be sure, but one she was more than willing to make, for she was at her wits end with her daily life. Her soul-sucking and mind-killing corporate job can go straight to hell for all she cared. Bills and debts be damned.
By Jackie Barrows3 months ago in Fiction
Never Piss Off An Author (You Will End Up in Our Next Work!)
A cliché statement, yes, but true, nonetheless. It comes with the territory of watching this world turn (and burn) before my very eyes as well as your own, I’m sure of it. In my own case, I have felt story upon story begging me to be written as more events unfold, not merely in current events globally, but in the behind the scenes of said events. Never mind how such events may impact my own life—bigger things are at play and must be called out!
By Jackie Barrows6 months ago in Critique
A Time of Great Anger. Top Story - September 2023.
The day dawned a bit earlier than usual across the ruins of the old family farm, which was just fine and dandy for the Great Horned owl who made its nest in the barn’s loft. That wise old owl knew just about everything there was to know about that ramshackle mess of a farm, for he was there at its rise, its corruption, and its eventual downfall. He’d lived through all of it. ‘Twas a grand downfall, too--one that most who had lived there never saw coming, except for the observant few who paid close attention to the signs.
By Jackie Barrows11 months ago in Fiction
Thoughts On Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki
Robert Kiyosaki delivers crucial yet basic financial information that many of us still must learn today with his book, Rich Dad Poor Dad. It all begins with mindset--the poor dad sees money as something to work for while the rich dad makes money work for himself. A worthy read indeed.
By Jackie Barrows11 months ago in Poets
The Misplaced, The Lost, and The Gone
These were the great minds of old, lost to time. It showed in society’s fall from grace. Even the art was either hidden away, stolen, or destroyed, and what replaced it was ugly. The same held true for solutions to problems—the “solutions” sought to further milk the problems instead. All for the sake of ill-gotten gain. All for the sake of stroking one’s ego. All for nothing but ugliness.
By Jackie Barrowsabout a year ago in Fiction
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