I decided last weekend that I wanted to write at least a drabble for Ro_Anshi's birthday this past week, but by Monday morning I was still suffering from lack of inspiration. Then a nebulous idea came to me while I was picking flowers Monday afternoon while a thunderstorm was blowing in. I don't know quite where this came from; when I began writing it ( Read more... )

Downtime is a wonderful thing! 'Twould be even better if there were more of it and if one didn't become inundated with things to catch up on upon return from vacation. Ron and I had a great week in Seattle with our son, two days of which were spent on a road trip to the Portland area, the Columbia River Valley (one of the most beautiful river ( Read more... )

The drabble story is complete! I wrote the last set of drabbles early last week and got them into final form a few days ago. So here is the final installment of the story. R-rated. Not overly graphic, but not work safe.

( Saiyuki Drabble Story: Whatever It Takes, Part VI )

Last week was another frustrating week writing-wise. There have been too many demands on my RL time to find hours to write. But I set all work aside yesterday to give myself another "writing day." Started around 11 a.m., and wrote straight through 'til evening, except for a shower, lunch, and a half hour to get laundry started. The results of my ( Read more... )

Very little time to write again this week. But over last weekend I completed final edits on the fourth drabble set for this story, which I wrote last week. This is the first chance I've had enough free time to post them. Thanks to those of you who have been giving me feedback, either here in my LJ or via email. It's nice to hear what others think ( Read more... )

I had no time to write last week, writing challenge notwithstanding. Have spent far too many hours completing all final corrections and layout adjustments to the Rail Depot book files, and getting the book cover art completed, and working with the printer to get questions and bugs worked out on the digital files for the cover. But I did get some ( Read more... )

I gave myself a birthday present of nearly a full day to write today to get something done on my midwinwrite goals. I've made good progress on my Saiyuki story, the beginning of which is here.

( And here is Part II. )

A gentle reminder from Naye prodded me to post the opening drabbles for the Saiyuki story I have begun as part of my Midwinter Writing Challenge goals for midwinwrite.

For those of you who share my love for Saiyuki and care to read, here's a brief word about the genesis of this project: ( a new experiment in storytelling for me )