Death to the Cone of Shame!
Magdalena is recovering from her spay surgery from last Tuesday. She is wearing a Cone Of Shame (one of those big plastic cones she has to wear around her neck) to keep her from licking…
R.I.P. Holly Lisle
Holly Lisle passed away recently. She wrote fantasy, science fiction and romantic suspense. I first came across her as a name on the cover of a book I was shelving in the bookstore I was…
Happy Labor Day!
Here in the United States, the first Monday in September is Labor Day. It’s a Federal holiday, meaning that most businesses, schools, and government offices (like the Post Office) are closed so all the employees…
My ew omputer has some prolems
No, the subject line is not a typo. That’s what happens when I type on my new keyboard. The letters sometime stick, especially the ones on the bottom row, like ‘c’, ‘v’, and ‘n’. I’m…
Grab bag of falls, dogs, taxes and writing
A grab bag of miscellaneous things tonight, my Hordeling. First off, the wife and I went out to eat this evening. After dinner, I went to get the car while the wife waited on a…
Started a new set of flash fiction tales
Having now finished the three flash fiction tales I set as my goal for the Summer of Fiction Writing, I now turn to my next project. Tonight I wrote the first of a series of…
Last flash fiction down, and yet more dog shtuff
The last flash fiction piece wasn’t falling into place, so I discussed it with the wife while driving her to a doctor’s appointment this afternoon. I told her the basic ideas of the stories were…
Another flash fiction down, The Crow, and more dog shtuff
And another flash fiction tale is in the bag. I finished off the tale for Cat Gerlach’s Indie Author Advent calendar. I’m going to let it sit over night ad see how I like it…
One down, two to go .. and dog shtuff
Well, one and a half down. I completed one of the zombie tales this evening. I finally brought the story down from the thirty thousand foot level and made it about a single person dealing…
Day of gaming and another project from the Muse
So, we spent the afternoon with friends playing games. Mainly, Scrabble and Parcheesi. I did not win the Scrabble game. Once again, I came in last. However, my initial draw of letters spelled the word…