You can vote for all the short story titles you think are worthy of Best Short Story Title. So far, four rounds are open; the winners of rounds 1-6 advance, the second-place titles go into Round 7 to see which of them advance.

Anyway, if you are so inclined, you can go vote for Dance to Fend Off the Sky in round one, or for Monster Teeth and Art ( Read more... )

I just found word that my story, Harp of Feathers, won the Torn World music-theme Short Story Contest, which was judged by novelist CE Murphy, who said, "This was a great evocative piece and really gave me a sense of history for the world as well as doing an excellent job with characterization. I really enjoyed it.!"

You can read it, and see the ( Read more... )

Is I can't talk about what I'm writing and/or show progress shots of the art I'm doing.

But I am working!

And I really like it. I can't share it yet, it's for a contest.

Now I have to write a story to go with it.

At least I didn't already write the story--this person doesn't look at all like the person I was thinking migbt be in the story!

My article about one of the very strange places in Torn World is featured in the torn_world community.  This was one of my entries to the periodic contests, and won in the writing category for the Landmarks of Torn World contest (reportedly making the judge say, "Ewwww! Neat!")

I'm also pleased with my painting of the towers.

Anyway, the LJ spotlight is here ( Read more... )

I'm still working on a story or two from earlier prompts; your prompts inspired a character I really like, but the plot is hiding.  Hopefully not for long, but so far, I have only fragments.

But tonight I read about a new contest -- the Science in My Fiction Contest.

So, for my writer-friends, go check it out!

And for my other friends, especially my ( Read more... )

and I got lots of compliments, one man telling me if I was going to perform at the coffeehouse again he wanted to bring his friends, and the sound gal asking for my number to give to the guy who does bookings. The seven other acts included (in my opinion) one group that was good and everybody else was excellent. I was really surprised to find the ( Read more... )

Tomorrow (yes, I know it's after midnight, and so, is technically Saturday already, but I refuse to believe it's "tomorrow" yet if I haven't had my "long winter's nap", at least not unless the sun has risen). Anyway. Tomorrow, Saturday, at 8:00 p.m. the 19th Street Coffeehouse's annual talent contest starts. Since I survived the auditions, I ( Read more... )

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