Time for a new weekly writer’s roundup of my works-in-progress and those ready to read! After three weekends of writing, I finished a first draft of Cretaceous Queen on Sunday afternoon. :-) It totals 9,300 words currently, taking it beyond the realm of a short story to become a lean novelette. I’m happy with this,... Continue Reading →
Mid-Week Muses: “Words are Magic, and Those That Weave Them Well are Wizards”
A weekly compilation of collected microfictions composed by yours truly. If your time is short, these are shorter! "To read is to conjure thought and image from nothing. Words are magic, and those that weave them well are wizards." #1lineWed #writerslife "He thinks he's in control, but really he's just an unwieldy puppet with a... Continue Reading →
WIP-it Wednesday: July 26th, 2017
Time for a new weekly writer’s roundup of my works-in-progress and those ready to read! Cretaceous Queen –my epic tale of magical girls, superheroes, dinosaurs and giant alien robots– is just shy of six thousand words as of today. I hadn’t expected the short story to get this long, figuring that it’d top-out at around... Continue Reading →
WIP-it Wednesday: July 19th, 2017
Time for a new weekly writer’s roundup of my works-in-progress and those ready to read! As I mentioned last update, I started writing a short story for the upcoming FantasyWriters challenge near the end of the month. Although I began Cretaceous Queen on a whim and as a gift for a friend, it became an... Continue Reading →
Mid-Week Muses: “Aren’t Wizards Supposed to Use Wands?”
A weekly compilation of collected microfictions composed by yours truly. If your time is short, these are shorter! The brute slammed Clair into a wall, but she stubbornly clung on to his back and unleashed enough voltage to drop an elephant. #1lineWed Most picked weapons like swords, eyeing each other as opponents. Theresa chose a... Continue Reading →
Mid-Week Muses: “That’s the Edge of the Temporal Anomaly.”
A weekly compilation of collected microfictions composed by yours truly. If your time is short, these are shorter! Dodging a bayonet, she thrust a knife into the redcoat behind it. He screamed as her loyal tyrannosaur spied the fray and charged. #1lineWed Melissa redlined the car as fast as it could go while Howard fed... Continue Reading →
I Fight Not Because America Is Great, but Because It Is Fragile!
Listen to me — all of you out there! You were told by this man — your hero — that America is the greatest country in the world! He told you that Americans were the greatest people — that America could be refined like silver, could have the impurities hammered out of it, and shine... Continue Reading →
Mid-Week Muses: “The 70s were all glitz and glam”
A weekly compilation of collected microfictions composed by yours truly. If your time is short, these are shorter! The lonely alley was coated with dripping ice in mid-July. Partially crushed, a sideways dumpster pined a limp hand underneath it. #1lineWed Clair nodded. "Something changed a summer's day into a deep freeze, then crushed this poor... Continue Reading →
Captain America, Needed Now More Than Ever…
Listen to me -- all of you out there! You were told by this man -- your hero -- that America is the greatest country in the world! He told you that Americans were the greatest people -- that America could be refined like silver, could have the impurities hammered out of it, and shine... Continue Reading →
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