Give me the title of a story I’ve never written, and feedback telling me what you liked best about it, and I will tell you some or all of: the first sentence, the last sentence, the thing that made me want to write it, the biggest problem I had while writing it, why it almost never got submitted to magazines, the scene that hit the cutting room ( Read more... )

I started a new project last night. It's this one (You can only see if it's you're registered. (Registration is free, they will only spam you if you opt in...yadda yadda). It's a shawl. I'm using the pink Vanna's Yarn I got at JoAnn's on sale this weekend. It starts with a circle, which you half fill with double crochet and it builds from ( Read more... )

The life of a child born to a psychic and a witch?

The Two-Minute Warning: A multi-fandom fic challenge

Rules:

1. Clear your schedule for two minutes.
2. Choose a fandom: ( Fandom list )

While out and about at lunchtime today, I saw part of a news story about the conflict outside of Walt Disney and wandering what it caused it. And letting my mind wander a bit, I wondered what it would be like if Disney World was the subject of a terrorist attack. Then I envisioned a retaliatory strike by the forces of Disney that would leave the ( Read more... )

It's tenterhooks, not tenderhooks. Who knew?

So after discovering yesterday's NASCAR/Harlequin cross-over romance, I got to thinking about what's next for Harlequin as they transition cheap tawdry romances to appeal to this next generation of potential victims readers. I was thinking about what else I would be reading that captures my interest. Obviously, I have no interest in Reality TV, ( Read more... )

(credit to dargit for the spiderbot inspiration.

The itsy, bitsy, spiderbot climbed up the world web site!
Then came a virus and wiped the web site out.
Out came the sysadmin and cleaned up all the spam,
Then the itsy, bitsy, spiderbot climbed up the site again!

Giggly Spokesmodel: What the hell is that ringing?
Announcer: That's HELLPhone! The latest in cellular technology. It rings in theatres. It rings on airplanes. It resists any attempts to turn it off. It evades ALL cellphone blockers. With HELLphone, you'll never be out of touch.
Mom: I used to have a hard time finding my teenage son, but ( Read more... )

I slept through the night. When I woke up. There was daylight. I'd quite forgotten what it feels like.
( Faithful )