Feline, Thy Name Is Loki (Or It Should Be)
Okay, I’m gonna be straight with you guys, my blog peeps, because that’s the way I roll. (Is that an 80s or 90s flashback?) Originally, I’d thought sharing the Club Revelations short story here would be a good way to make sure I actually finished it. I also thought it would be a good way to cover my weekly blog post while I’m distracted by other stuff (stuff I will share in the coming weeks). Great strategy, until I decided to post the story on its own page rather than in lieu of a blog post, effectively doubling what I Read more…
More Club Revelations, and Why Everyone Should Play the Uke
The Sydney short story saga continues! This week’s chunk of Club Revelations, the Sydney Brennan short story I’ve been posting in rough form, can be read here. Remember, you can read it from the beginning or skip ahead to Part 3 if you’ve been keeping up. At this rate, it will probably run to about eight parts, but no guarantees—I might get crazy one week and just post it all. If you read last week’s blog post, you’ll know my husband and I were looking forward to seeing Jake Shimabukuro perform (and you may still have The Bohemian Rhapsody stuck Read more…
More of Sydney’s Short Story, and Something to Make You Smile
Last week, I shared the first couple of pages of a work in progress, the Sydney Brennan short story Club Revelations. It’s funny—the day I posted it, I had a realization about what wasn’t working with it. (Other than it’s a short story, and I don’t do short well.) Maybe there’s some magical editing energy in cyberspace. I’ve got some more changes to make, but I’m going to continue posting rough story chunks on this dedicated page on my website every week. This week’s chunk is much longer than the previous one. I’ve set it up so you can read from Read more…
The Writer’s Environs: What Plants Engulf Your Structures?
Here’s the second installment in a series I started a while back and forgot about—I mean, hadn’t yet returned to: The Writer’s Environs. The idea is to reflect on the places we live, both the commonalities and the things that make each piece of the world unique. In the first installment, I asked, What crosses the road? (Yes, pigs are still crossing our road; it’s been a very heavy pig season.) The question this week: Which plants are most likely to take over the world? Anyone who’s lived or spent any time in the South is familiar with the apocryphal Read more…
Pity the Writer’s Heavily Laden Nightstand: Part I–Brain Canines
I’m generally a fiction reader, but I’ve been hitting the nonfiction hard lately. I go through phases where I dip into half a dozen or so different books scattered around the house. A few hardcovers and an ereader will be stacked on my nightstand (along with a couple of notebooks, and pens, and receipts, and whatever else hasn’t fallen off yet). No more than one book from the “currently reading” pile will be fiction; I am constitutionally incapable of reading more than one fiction book at a time. The nonfiction books fall into subject clusters—often a book or two about writing, and the Read more…
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