This is a Black Widow that lives in our backyard, amongst the poisonous Oleander and Night Shade. Oh, all right. The Oleander is actually the neighbor’s that hangs over into our yard, and the Night Shade is simply Night Shade, not Deadly Night Shade. ‘Cuz I have little ones, and one chooses to keep little [...]
Archive for October, 2009
Happy Halloween! And Mourning A Darling.
Posted in Writing, tagged Black Widow, Kill Our Darlings, NaNoWriMo on October 31, 2009 | 8 Comments »
A Quirk
Posted in Writing on October 29, 2009 | 15 Comments »
After I’ve published a piece, I can’t read it again. I’m not sure why that is. I’ll say, “Oh, hey, my story is in Such and Such,” and I’ll be all excited and link people to it or carry the book around for a bit. And that’s the end of it. Perhaps I’m afraid that [...]
WIP Wednesday
Posted in Writing on October 28, 2009 | 3 Comments »
The Illiterati isn’t big on rules, but we do have one: if you don’t have a piece to bring to the meeting, you can’t attend. Harsh? Maybe, but it’s effective. There’s always that extra incentive to pull something out and just get ‘er done. I have never missed a meeting because I didn’t have anything [...]
Las Vegas 2009 Zombie Walk Pictures
Posted in Writing on October 27, 2009 | 9 Comments »
This is what a zombie invasion looks like. Zombies like neon light. This little Wombat is bait. I’m the stripey girl on the left. Braaaaains! The very funny and very scary John Skipp. His ZOMBIES book is fantastic!
NaNoWriMo: Organizing Your Time
Posted in Writing on October 27, 2009 | 10 Comments »
This is the hardest part of NaNo. Once upon a time, when I was a little girl, I had a pretty open schedule. I played in the backyard and hunted for butterflies and made crowns out of thistles. OUCH, but sometimes one must suffer for their art. Then I grew up, and time became currency. [...]
The Zombie Walk
Posted in Writing on October 26, 2009 | 12 Comments »
The Zombie Walk was AWESOME. I was a little girl zombie with a possessed teddy bear…that was actually so convincing that I threw it away at The Plaza. Scary, scary thing. I wasn’t there by myself, either. Jeremy D. Brooks, master of all things gory and prop-like, couldn’t make it because he was doing something [...]
My Heart Goes Out To You, Stranger
Posted in Writing, tagged lolcatz, you are adopted on October 24, 2009 | 8 Comments »
And who is this elusive stranger, you ask, and what have they done that makes my heart go out to them? They Google a sensitive subject, and then they follow that link to my site. This particular stranger Googles “you are adopted” and ends up here: And then a good time is had by [...]
Music To Write By
Posted in Writing, tagged music exchange, NaNoWriMo, soundtrack on October 22, 2009 | 12 Comments »
Holy SNAP, it’s almost time for NaNoWriMo! While technically I know this (because it’s October 22, for crying out loud!) things have been so crazy lately that it hasn’t had time to sink in. Well, you know what? I just passed by a calendar. And there are, count them, nine days until NaNo! *cue incessant [...]
What A Prize!
Posted in Writing, tagged contest, Kurt Newton, Mercedes M. Yardley, Shock Totem, Tweet the Meat on October 21, 2009 | 3 Comments »
So, this rocks. Enter Tweet the Meat’s Halloween contest, and what can you win? A copy of Shock Totem’s debut issue, signed by the very scary Kurt Newton and the not-so-scary Yours Truly! Or I can be scary. Whatever you wish.
For Those I Love Back Home
Posted in Writing, tagged double homicide, hometown, murder. dignity, small towns on October 21, 2009 | 7 Comments »
I come from a small town. We spent our time walking down to the corner store to get candy, riding four wheelers in the backyard, and snooping in everybody’s business. My neighbor would wait on her porch for me to return home from dates, effectively quashing any front-door kissing shenanigans. If I drove too recklessly, [...]
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