While the majority of my writer friends took November to work on novels (NaNoWriMo), I decided to let myself drift through the month at my usual pace. This meant working a bit on the latest novel as well as completing and revising a few shorts. I even got some poetry done and subbed. Overall it…
This Week’s Obsession: Welcome Back by Jessica Starika
I love when I discover a new (to me) source for reliably beautiful writing. This week, that has been The Ninth Letter.
The Soul and Consumerism in Cloud Atlas
Cloud Atlas was one of those reads I couldn't put down. Despite insanely long chapters, I found myself wanting to read to the end of each one before stopping for the evening. As an exhausted mother of two who can barely keep her eyes open after the littles drift off, that's a testament to the…
One More Chance
As a child, I loved Choose Your Own Adventure books. As a young adult, I loved MUDD games. Recently, I learned it's possible to mix the two together and create web-based interactive fiction. I am definitely at the beginning of these skills, but I am enjoying exploring what I can do with a more visual,…
October Overview
October was a quiet month for me compared to the thrill of September. And yet I still feel like I accomplished quite a bit and grew as a writer. Publications Lucy Pemgrass Eats a Crow was chosen as the Halloween contest winner for Tales from the Moonlit Path. It is my first dark tale and…
Very Short Serial: October
Very short story (#vss365) is a hashtag on twitter. Each day the host gives a different prompt and people write a tweet-sized story containing the word. A group called Flash Dogs started it, and it has a different host each month. October 2019's host is Bert Edens. I've been watching this tag (along with the…
On the Topic of Sex: Sexbot’s Lament by Eric Del Carlo
An archetype who appears often in my fiction is that of the sex worker. I usually write sex work from an empowered position: where the worker enjoys their profession or at least has chosen it, not as a last option of desperation. This makes a lot of my writing difficult to place. The addition of…
Halloween Treat: Lucy Pemgrass Eats a Crow
If you know my writing at all, you probably know I write emotionally dark stuff that doesn't quite dip over into horror. However, being a part of the Inkubator community has challenged me to stretch my wings and try a variety of styles and genres. Over the past year I've written perhaps three borderline horror…
Why I’m Obsessed With Non-linear Writing
The White Rabbit put on his spectacles. “Where shall I begin, please your Majesty?” he asked.“Begin at the beginning,” the King said gravely, “and go on till you come to the end: then stop.” Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll It seems like great advice for telling a story: Begin at the beginning and…
Exchange Point
Sweat rolled down the small of my back, pooling above the waistband of my sturdy Carhartts. I stopped on the packed dirt path and bent down to pick up a crushed cardboard box with my gloved hand. The lettering had faded, not that I understood Spanish, but I guessed it was some sort of medicine.…