[Write the Story] A Family-Run Farm
Prompt: A Family-Run Farm Words: temporary, invent, trust, horse, burst, pulley, signal, dam, punch, chicken Story “It’s only…†“Don’t you dare say it’s only temporary, or I will punch you right in the face.†Andrew bit his lip, suppressing laughter until it seemed like his mirth dam would burst. Sarah took that as a signal […]
[Writer Post] Waxacon, Power Rangers, and Plot Bunnies
This past weekend was Waxacon – a first year comic con in Waxahachie. Waxahachie is a commuter community just south of Dallas that also is the home of Scarborough Renaissance Festival and Screams. I found out about this show at Marvelous Nerd Year’s Eve and was an early adopter. This was my last show of […]
[Write the Story] A New Love Blooms in Old Age
Prompt: A New Love Blooms in Old Age Words: inheritance, walk, dust, dapper, husky, squirrel, planation, berry, silk, shovel Story “I don’t know how much time…†Maggie couldn’t bring herself to finish the sentence. “Don’t think about the future, just concentrate on today. Now. This walk.†Matt squeezed her hand while they strolled through the […]
[Writing Post] In Search of Whelmed
It’s Wednesday and suddenly I thought, “Holy Cow! Blog day! EEEEEEEEEEKKKKKKK!†Because not I have to be pithy, well, maybe not pithy. Coherent maybe. Coherent is a good goal. Today I want to talk about “whelmednessâ€. That’s currently my goal. I’m trying to reach a point of “whelmâ€. I’ve been UNDERwhelmed by amount of output […]
[Write the Story] A Small Local Political Race
Prompt: A Small, Local Political Race Words: coordinated, support, farmhand, spray, serious, rail, lips, taxpayer, fool, middle Story “Better a farmhand than a meddler and a fool!†“Is that two people or three?†Cletus asked scratching his cowlick. Rhoda blinked. Was Cletus serious? She scanned the other small-town players and half seemed as shocked by […]
[Writer Post] Convention Round Up
I’ve never gotten around to writing up the FenCon report and now World Fantasy is in the rear view. I have one final comic con the week before Thanksgiving in Waxahachie. Then there’s a well-deserved break until ConDFW in February when it starts all over again. But for now… There’s probably a whole lot I […]
[Writer Post][Conventions] World Fantasy 2017
Happy still setting up day for World Fantasy 2017. We are here and already stayed up way too late. Did my part yesterday by hefting and carrying HALF the supply of giveaway books from storage to hotel — plus art. Stayed up way too late moderately helping (mostly watching) Jimmy and Scott – with Randy […]
[Write the Story] Living with a Chronic Illness – Halloween Edition
It’s not Friday…but it is Halloween. And a few weeks back Jimmy and I were listening to Stuff You Should Know and Chuck Bryant talked about old fashioned wheelchairs and a haunted one. Which is, of course, created a plot bunny. I’ve jumped ahead in my calendar of Write the Story Exercises to the story […]
[Writing Post] Late Evening Ramblings
Since I’ve been kicking deadline behinds but not taking names, I’m going to get a blog post in today – before Wednesday is completely over. I finished an essay due on Halloween and got it turned in. Don’t know if it’ll suit, but it’s done 0 to 1600 words start to finish. That’s something right […]