So, this is a continuation of Tom and Jeri's story. Hmmmm...writing it that way, well, I have to admit that my subconscious self must be laughing at my conscious self. I hadn't realized until right now that these characters are namesakes of that famous cartoon! I do want to keep him as "Tom", but now I wonder if I should change Jeri's name. (You ( Read more... )

Sandie read the local papers obsessively, though most of them weren’t even on paper any more. They had kept her finger on the pulse of her City, so she could sell feature articles and humor pieces to the magazines. Now she also read the #Chicaugwa twitter stream and various local blogs and Facebook pages too. Chicaugwa was endlessly fascinating ( Read more... )

A First View of the Shrouded Land
a Torn World story  by Deirdre M. MurphyRreilan sat on the elderly stomper, ignoring it snatching insects out of the air that normally would have been worthy of her attention. Just at this moment, however, her attention was riveted on the landscape in front of her ( Read more... )

Re-Vamp is holding The Monster Makeover Short Story Competition, and my story Monster Meal is entered. You can stop by here: http://mad-docs-of-lit.livejournal.com/26730.html to read the story, and you can go to their "recent entries" to read the other contest entries that have been posted so far.

Voting will take place September 11-17, and the ( Read more... )

Another installment in my Gluten-Free Adventures--and an announcement ( Read more... )

My #fridayflash for this week is up. It's a new Torn World story called Going Somewhere, Someday

Tomorrow, this month's Torn World Muse Fusion starts over at torn_world.  I hope you'll stop by, because I'm looking forward to your prompts.

In the meantime, I'm wondering who are your favorite Torn World characters that I created, and Why?  Thus, a poll:

Poll Deirdre's Torn World Characters
I'll try ( Read more... )

We had company last night; once they headed to bed I sat down to write and fell asleep instead; as a result, I got a slow start in this Muse Fusion. Then, of course, the first idea that really grabbed me will take a little while to complete. But the first scene works well as flash fiction, I think. I look forward to your comments ( Read more... )

Is everyone too busy for LJ these days? I know I am, some days. I've been peeking at LJ on and off since the Muse Fusion started, but mostly off, since there's been real world stuff to deal with and writing to do ( Read more... )

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So, something happened in Torn World's past that effectively ripped the planet apart, isolating sections of the world from each other. The people in each shard were left sundered from help, to try to survive and to explain what had happened. One such shard was Mojeveterk, which can be translated "All That's Left". In Mojeveterk, a mythology ( Read more... )