Greetings to all wanderers who pass through here. Here are a few things you should know about me.

Half Sick of Shadows: Half Sick of Shadows is an experiment in cyberfunded creativity. How did it work? In November of 2008, I wrote a short story or poem every day through November. At the end of each post, I put up a donate button. All stories ( Read more... )

I am a logophile folks. I use words like ubiquity in normal conversation. As a kid, I went through a phase of collecting unusual words. Yes, I read the dictionary for fun. (More often the thesaurus actually.)

A friend of mine today reminded me of Save the Words. Which led me to browsing through words like Sparsile, Primifluous, Sarcinarious, ( Read more... )

Excerpt from where I'm kicking off ( Read more... )

Greetings friends. I know I've fallen down on birthday wishes & such. It's been a very busy month. How are you all on this sunny Friday?

Complements: I got a private note today that thanked me for being a good ally. While I certainly wasn't fishing for praise (mostly I was working to keep my temper at the time), it was nice to hear.

Save ( Read more... )

Eurydice Leaving

I could’ve lived with my silence.
No one could compete
with your voice like smoke
that curled around people.
Seeped into their souls,
filling them with equal parts
awe and lust.

I could’ve lived with that.

It was the way you looked at me,
lust and fear and madness
fighting behind your eyes.

The way you’d ask me
once
twice
fifteen times
“Where’d ( Read more... )

Many of you may already know shadesong (shadesong on LJ). She's a talented author with a talented daughter. She is holding a raffle to raise money for her daughter to go to Explo, a fantastic summer camp for geeky kids.

I have offered a print copy of the best of the Half Sick of Shadows Project -- including patron bonus stories and at least one ( Read more... )

Welcome to asakiyume on LJ. Welcome to mysticpenguin, autopoiesis, st_aurafina, denise, nuri, and dechant on Dreamwidth.

Why Dreamwidth: I'll fully admit I've had a nice home on LJ. I've missed early LJ (invite codes & buggy servers aside). The whole site felt like community. If all I was looking for was that, I could have gone over to an LJ ( Read more... )

Admin: Belated happy birthday to browngirl. Happy birthday to iambliss.

Where the heck has the bard been?: I've been reading, but, lurking mostly. I've been trying to use my time between jobs to just Get Stuff Done. However, I've some exciting things on my plate.

Arisia: I will be at Arisia this year. I'm looking forward to seeing the tech crowd. I'm also ( Read more... )

I'd like to thank those of you who provided prompts. If you gave me a prompt (or several), I spent at least some time working on a story based on at least one of your prompts. Some just needed more time to bubble in my brain. You may see something in the future from them. Though "Erotica the Musical" may never see the light of day. For those ( Read more... )

Sorrow's Tale"Grandma, tell me a story," the little girl with her ringlet curls says as she watches her grandmother kneed the bread dough ( Read more... )