aside: still working on server woes (am at work, waiting to hear on a few things). definitely have db backed up as of may 18, trying to get more recent. also: back from my vacation! It was brilliant. I still need a *break* though. Especially with the server ( Read more... )

Ink Between FriendsJeanine shrugged, a thin haze of the spray paint haloing her curls. "I like the walls. They're a way to play, and discover ( Read more... )

Sam looked around the room at all the empty desks. He was early, for once, and felt good about that; but the empty feeling in his stomach wouldn’t leave. Was he ready for a new school? Would they like him? God, how high school of him, wondering if he would fit in-but this was high school, so that was appropriate in its own, awkward way. At least he ( Read more... )

I think I'm doomed to never complete #5minutefiction in the allotted time (I almost always _start_ after the buffer on entry is past), but ... hey. A cute one this week, imo ~

Empathy Training

He’d lie awake, chilled from the cold sweats that troubled his infrequent dozing. He’d curse, in a dozen languages, the turns that had brought him to this ( Read more... )

Today's #5minutefiction is themed "your character writes a novel in one month" in honor of #nanowrimo.

I never saw what the problem was, writing a book. And calling 50,000 words a book? That’s a novella at best. I write more than that in my emails ( Read more... )

Again, a #5minutefiction for my #fridayflash ~

Concentration ~ Screams and wails sparked and echoed all around her. A tear slowly beaded at the corner of her eye, but she rubbed it away. The smoke was getting heavy, dizzy, but she could still hear a handful of people, and she had to get them. She had to concentrate. Christie dove under a desk as ( Read more... )

a lot of fiction, some good, some bad, a lot just bad or unfinished. Have also been doing #10bythen submission challenge. And...stuff. Not much to say. Hmm. Have #zombierotica coming out in Rigor Amortis Oct 1. And am in M-BRANE SF 21 (also out in October). Working with an artist to turn the #zombierotica into a graphic short for smut peddler (have ( Read more... )