writer at play
Posted in inspiration, short stories on Mar 30th, 2009
After reading this post, I tried my hand at a short-short-short story of less than 70 words.
Here’s what I got (69 words, excluding title):
2 am
2:09.
“Mommy, can I sleep with you?” Her hand is cold.
“Of course, sweetheart.”
The green numbers turn: 2:10.
Silence. She is gone.
Dawn. You descend the staircase your daughter tumbled down in the dark, past [...]
Posted in linktopia on Mar 29th, 2009
The Random Edition:
Myths about the Middle Ages: Interesting discussions in the comments. Also via the same blog, Spiderman rescues an eight-year-old boy.
JA Konrath guestblogging on the cumulative effect of self-promotion efforts. Here he is on yet another blog (*grin*) talking about what not to do when promoting your books. (And here you can find an [...]
Posted in news, short stories on Mar 25th, 2009
I got the acceptance right before leaving for vacation, so the announcement is a little belated.
My humorous fantasy short, A Plague of Chicken, was accepted by MindFlights. I wrote it a few years, recently read it and still liked it, spruced it up and sent it on its merry way. I’m very pleased for it [...]
Posted in season of rains on Mar 24th, 2009
Oh, the things that keep me awake at night. Is it a wall, or a fort? Are there six forts to an isle, or twelve? How many wheels would you pay for a bag of rice or a month’s rent? How many isles does your average Jane (or Jhayni, in this case, heh) earn in [...]
Posted in personal, pretty pictures on Mar 23rd, 2009
Check them out at my sister-in-law’s photography site. That handsome baby getting a kiss from his lovely cousin? That’s my little charmer. Eight months old and one happy baby.
Thanks, Robin, for taking such great pictures of our wonderful vacation!
Posted in personal, pretty pictures on Mar 22nd, 2009
Bye bye, Florida. We had a lot of fun.
We’re back in the (partially) frozen (and rapidly thawing) North. Time to get back into revisions.
How’s everyone?
Posted in personal on Mar 13th, 2009
This is exactly how I feel about March.
March is a flirt, a coquette. She gives us 50-degree days in which we shed our coats and fill our lungs with spring and sunshine. The next day she throws a snowstorm at us, followed by a string of crackling-ice frosted-windshield days. March is ugly; the receding glaciers [...]
Posted in linktopia on Mar 11th, 2009
Astronomy Picture of the Day: Sir I. is into planets these days, so he and I have been watching related videos, reading relevant books and checking out the planetary landscapes exhibit at the children’s museum together.
Agent Jessica Papin at DGLM: Confessions of a thrifty bibliophile. I have no compunctions about the books I buy at [...]
Posted in challenges, kids at play on Mar 10th, 2009
The trade of wordsmithing, that is. Sir I. likes to narrate stories to me, usually beginning with “Once upon a time, we all got up” and involving the eating of pancakes and playing out in the snow. This one was inspired by our country study of China (we had a Chinese New Year’s Parade which [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 7th, 2009
February’s reads were:
Assassin’s Quest (Robin Hobb)
The Magic Thief (Sarah Prineas)
The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
Drowned Wednesday (Garth Nix)
Sir Thursday (Garth Nix)
Coloring Outside the Lines (Roger Schank)
Boys Adrift (Leonard Sax)
Whew. I sure managed to cram a lot of books into a short month. I really should stop reading so much. It makes the monthly reading [...]