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A little throw-out to interested friends, as it is apparently National Novel Editing Month. Not that I've even remotely completed my novel, but I do still work on it. Here's a small nondescript, but amusing piece. It's dragging because I've heard awful tales about writing fiction in first person, and I would have to really rework the whole thing ( Read more... )

-Overheard at work, from two customers standing next to the Star Wars Collector's Edition Lightsabers:
Doofus #1: "Guess how much these lightsabers are? $149.95!!"
Doofus #2: "Yeah! And I heard the Darth Vader ones are even $150!!-Danielle's been transfered to the new store because it's current manager has pretty much run the thing into the ( Read more... )

Danielle lamented that I had not been writing in my journal lately, and I must say I'd not had the inclination to write on any particular subject. But completely disassociated from her comment, inspiration came to me, on the subject of inspiration itself.

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You get off the bus at this little brick station in the middle of nowhere. Forest behind the station, one old street lamp circling the road a few yards away, and a couple of fading flourescent lights lending only a wan glow to the station's front pickup area. It's closed this time of night. Three in the morning. Your transfer is supposed to ( Read more... )