Sonia Heidi Unruh
Bio
I love: my husband and children; all who claim me as family or friend; the first bite of chocolate; the last blue before sunset; solving puzzles; stroking cats; finding myself by writing; losing myself in reading; the Creator who is love.
Stories (108/0)
Reflections After Clicking "Submit"
For all of you who submitted works to the Vocal Writing Awards ... how are you feeling? I decided to rework existing pieces to submit, digging deep in my files. I had hoped to write new pieces too, but these intentions floated off in the breeze of calendar pages flipping all too quickly.
By Sonia Heidi Unruh2 months ago in Writers
- Top Story - September 2023
Strategies to Make Your "Vocal Writing Awards" Submissions EVEN BETTERTop Story - September 2023
You’ve poured yourself into creating an amazing story. You've read it through several times. Yet perhaps you hesitate before pressing “submit,” wondering: What could I do to make it even better?
By Sonia Heidi Unruh2 months ago in Critique
- Top Story - September 2023
The Magic Snowflake
Elena bent down to pick up the frost-covered stick. That’s enough for the night, she thought, adding it to the bundle of firewood she carried on her back. Feet throbbing with cold, she turned and trudged along the forest path toward home.
By Sonia Heidi Unruh3 months ago in Chapters
- Top Story - September 2023
Down to the NubTop Story - September 2023
Memories of my childhood are vivid but disjointed, like a movie trailer that flashes various exciting bits, but not in context and out of order. Thus I can't be sure which of the stories I wrote as a child was the first.
By Sonia Heidi Unruh3 months ago in Writers
The Boy Who Lived
I first encountered the world of Harry Potter by eavesdropping on a friend reading the first book to her young daughter. My friend was a good narrator, and her daughter was clearly enthralled. I too got caught up in the overheard snippet of story about a resilient hero, the orphan hailed as "the Boy Who Lived."
By Sonia Heidi Unruh3 months ago in BookClub
I Don't Know If There Is Such a Thing as a Tesseract, But I'm Glad There's A Wrinkle in Time
Tempestuous Meg, her genius little brother, and lonely neighbor Calvin adventure through dimensions to find Meg's long-missing father, aided by three mysterious ... angels? Fighting to resist It (a giant, pulsing, fascist brain), Meg must embrace her feisty imperfections to restore her beloved, brainwashed brother. Timeless lesson: love overcomes darkness.
By Sonia Heidi Unruh3 months ago in Critique
