Runner and storyteller
One fanfiction site I frequent recently started a weekly drabble challenge, so I stole the prompt for an Exeter story. Yes, I also did the fanfiction one, too. Four of them, in fact, one for each show I watch. If …
I promise, I haven’t died. I’ve been juggling a few extra balls the past several weeks and one of the side effects has been a lack of blogging. I’ve got one particular aspect that should play itself out in the …
I’ve been working on Book 2 in the Exeter series for the past several weeks, and it’s grown from a novella telling about that summer mentioned in Bones of the Past to a bigger, deeper novel about a summer that …
Today’s Toronto Star article on the readability controversy that plagued the Man Booker awards this year was the perfect connection among several writing bits that have been floating around in my brain lately and coming up in conversations with other …
If you read the piece I did the other day about how I write with Rory’s Story Cubes, this is the story I was working on as I wrote it. As always, these challenge entries are basically rough drafts — …
It’s the first Google+ #WorkshopWeekend where we post pieces (<1,000 words) on Saturday for people to critique. Bruce had asked if there was a way people not yet on G+ could join in, so I’m also posting mine here for …
I’m finally joining Mark’s Story Cubes Challenge. 🙂 If you missed the explanation, it’s a 54-week challenge to write a piece of short fiction each week, using prompts from rolling Rory’s Story Cubes. I’m using it as a chance to …