I'm not sure what to do with this. It could be a paranormal thing, could be straight ahead fiction, could be any one of a half dozen things. Anyway, I'm going to put it here while I've got the chance.

***When Frank got back from the wake, he sat down on the sofa and put his hands in his lap, palm up. The grooves and wrinkles of the skin looked ( Read more... )

Yes, I've decided I'm going to try NaNoWriMo.

Again.

However, this time I've got a secret weapon: I'm not doing it alone.

My youngest wants to give it a try as well.

So. If nothing else, I guess I'm going to have motivation, because I'm sure she can outwrite me in a sprint.

I think there's something here, and I wanted to write it down before I went (back) to sleep ( Read more... )

Maybe it's just me, but every time I read about a Creative Writing degree, I think of creative ways of trying to BS clients/employees/customers/etc. Probably not what the people who are promoting those degrees have in mind, but given that I've seen enough "creative writing" in the jobs I've had in the 20+ years I've been in the work force, I can't ( Read more... )

I was driving my oldest to a band function --I can't remember which, there have been so many-- when she asked me if I've ever finished that book I was writing ( Read more... )

"Myths are about what a culture values ( Read more... )

I woke up with these lines running through my head:

I snorted.  "The fey don't care about us, whether we live or die."

"Much better than the dead caring about us, if you ask me."

"I...."  My mouth opened and closed.  How could I tell them that the fey were dead without giving something away?

He was looking at me with that face that said you ( Read more... )

I'm getting tired of this ( Read more... )

Well, NaNo has started with a whimper ( Read more... )

When asked a few weeks ago whether I would try NaNoWriMo, I hadn't given it much thought ( Read more... )