There was a knowing look on Elder Ro’s face. A look that Logan instantly recognized. It was a look of pity. One that suggested to Logan that the Desdemonian elder likely felt at least some amount of sympathy for the young helpless boy whose father had been missing for far too many days. Logan hated […]
Novel update
I’ve mentioned before that my 9-year-old son and I are working on a fantasy novel together, aimed at his age range. I’ve just finished chapter two last night, clocking in at around 3,000 words at the moment. We’ve planned out 40 chapters, so at an average of 1,500 words per chapter, we could be looking […]
“The Endermen”, a Minecraft poem
Lest anyone think that this is nothing more than an art blog, for my week five creative project, I’m submitting this little poem, based on the 1.8 update to Minecraft, which introduced us all to the terrifying Endermen. I had started writing it then, while on a plane on one of the many overseas business […]
Writing as a passion (as opposed to a chore)
So, a month ago, Juice magazine held a fiction-writing contest for their first ever fiction issue. Though I detest word limits, especially those as minimal as 1,000 words, I entered the contest with a small espionage tale. It wasn’t my best work by far, and well out of my scifi/fantasy comfort zone. But I was […]
A Ficly book? It has happened!
Via Kevin Lawver’s wonderful Tumblr, I came across this yesterday. What is it? Nothing more than a collection of somewhere in the neighborhood of 35 stories written on Ficly.com. I’ve talked about Ficly a lot in the past. It’s a fantastic site, not just because you can create and share short pieces of fiction there, but also […]
My gratuitous Ficly wish list
Now that I’ve published fifty Ficly stories, I’m a self-described, federally-licensed Ficly Veteran™ and as such, demand more, newer, and better features out of the online micro-publishing platform. After all, what else am I paying my $29.95 monthly subscription rate for, if not exceptional service? So I’ve assembled an official List of Things™ (rendered on equally-official […]
One month of Ficly stories
I honestly don’t mean for this to become the Ficly blog. I swear. There’s already one of those, and I don’t need that kind of pressure. I just felt the need to point out that I am now approximately 1/12th of the way through the Ficly 365 challenge. Upon completion and posting of today’s story, […]
Ficly 365 progress
Well, it’s only been a week, but it’s been a successful one! In conjunction with my new goals for 2010, I’ve created a new Ficly story so far for each of the 7 days of January. It’s been a great experience so far. I feel like I’ve been stretching some muscles I haven’t had a […]
Help us name our pulp fiction anthology!
So, myself and an eclectic collection of wanna-be authors are presently working on writing short stories for our very own anthology. The catch is that the stories are all pulp fiction (this pulp fiction, not that one). We have quite the extraordinary mix at the moment: a handful of hard-boiled detective stories, at least one […]
Thirty days with a new baby, a poem
I actually wrote most of this a couple of days ago. And technically, Harlyn won’t hit thirty days until tomorrow. But it’s my blog and I can post it if I want to. Keep in mind, poetry is not necessarily my strong suit. Enjoy! Right now, as I write this, you lay next to me. […]