Jessica Briggs
Bio
"A pen is to me as a beak is to a hen"
J.R.R. Tolkien
Stories (14/0)
The Top 5 Reasons Why You Should Start a YouTube Channel
"Welcome back Ladies and Gentlemen! My name is JeezBee and this is..." This is how I start ALL of my videos. YouTubers call this the intro. It's where you introduce yourself to your audience and where you will first grip their attention. (This is probably the most important part of your video.) It's also where you need to announce a "Call To Action" or where you ask your audience to comment, like, share, or (famously) subscribe.
By Jessica Briggs5 years ago in Geeks
From Fantasy to Reality
My stomach's wrapped in knots. Another night of waking up hours before my alarm. The clock’s early morning numbers stare back at me. I can’t turn my mind off even in my sleep. Sighing, I turn away from the irritating bright digits and look up at the ceiling. Moonlight seeps through the curtains, illuminating the pale walls. My mind uncontrollably wanders back to my sleepless thoughts.
By Jessica Briggs6 years ago in Filthy
Something More
Morning light shone through the pale-yellow curtains, warming my soft sweater as I curled up on the sofa with morning coffee. The clouds had parted giving the sun its time to melt some of the newly fallen snow. My thoughts wandered back to the previous night and my lips lifted in a smile.
By Jessica Briggs6 years ago in Filthy
Cora and the Tall Bird
Once upon a time, there was a little bird named Cora. Now, Cora was the shyest little bird in the big redwood forest, and she wasn’t that impressive. She was smaller than most birds her age, even the little ones, and she had a bland color of blue and green feathers like her dad. She didn’t mind, though. Cora loved herself just the way she was, but she wished she had a nice friend to share her days with, though.
By Jessica Briggs6 years ago in Futurism
Vulnerable
You know, the one thing that I have struggled with all my life is the feeling of being unloved. Now at the young age of 27 I have gotten over it, but it sucked the life out of me. My ability to trust was ever clouded, and I dove headfirst into a tidal wave of unhealthy relationships. Given the fact that I settled down with my husband at 16-years-old says a lot.
By Jessica Briggs6 years ago in Families
Gigans
Deep within the forest of Gigans there stood twin mountains. Deep within the mountains lived a giantess and her sister. They had short strands of golden locks and sky-blue eyes. If not for their enormous size, these women would be beautiful to men, but their need for human flesh made them more monster than beauty.
By Jessica Briggs6 years ago in Horror
Mature Love
Have you ever loved someone so much that even after decades of not seeing them, you care about them just as much as you did when you were with them? I unfortunately know that kind of pain. To come across a love that deep is such a beautiful thing, but it’s a painful memory that you can’t scrape away. When we were together, the universe was determined to keep us apart. I now know why. I would have never traveled 2,500 miles and met my husband. My two beautiful girls wouldn’t exist, and my husband would still be living the toxic life he was in.
By Jessica Briggs6 years ago in Humans
In My Dreams
I close my book and set it on my nightstand. I’d spent the last 15 minutes rereading the same paragraph over and over. My mind was distracted from the events of the day. The argument with the stranger on the bus. Dropping my groceries all over the sidewalk after tripping over my two left feet. Then finally making it home to my sad eyed cat that I had completely forgotten to feed this morning.
By Jessica Briggs6 years ago in Humans
For Mother
I stepped out my back door, closing it gently behind me, wrapping my coat tighter around me. The moon was making the fresh snow sparkle. It was so quiet. Nothing stirred in the night. My breath escaped my lips in repeated bouts of warm smoke. I smiled and sighed with such contentment my heart fluttered. I loved winter. Everything about it seemed to bring me to life.
By Jessica Briggs6 years ago in Families
Evergreen
Chapter 1 “Do you like to dance, Mr. Darcy?” “Not if I can help it.” “No, Wil, no,” Dani ripped the remote out of my hand, Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy were replaced by black screen with me looking back at myself lying face first on my couch in day old pajamas. “You can’t do this to yourself. It has been three weeks since that ass hat left. I will no longer stand by and watch you be depressed. I won’t do it. As your best friend I am responsible for your wellbeing after a break up.” I grunted and rolled myself off the couch.
By Jessica Briggs6 years ago in Humans