At the end of August I attended an online workshop, Short Story Intensive with Mary Robinette Kowal. The ultimate assignment for the class was to write a short story based on all the previous work we’d done. We had ninety minutes. I was pretty proud of my first draft, and…
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Once again I have a Betta fish – though after the last one I had grown cold on the idea of having a fish in my office (to the point where I got rid of all the tanks and supplies I had used on my previous underwater companions). But a…
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A few weeks ago I was going through containers in my office, and I decided to pull out all of my journals, morning pages and writing notebooks. When I was done, I was surrounded by no fewer than 40 various sized notebooks, plus another 30 or so “fit in your…
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So, I have committed my weekend (well most of it – thanks to the holiday) to a Short Story Intensive workshop being hosted by Mary Robinette Kowal. I am stoked to have landed a spot in this class, and excited to be working with Mary again. I’ve had the pleasure…
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I very much enjoy the Glamourist History series by Mary Robinette Kowal. So when Mary offered to answer letters, in character, that were written to either of the two main characters in the historical fantasy world, with the stipulation that you need to adhere to the time where the…
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Broken bottle I wonder when it will be sea glass Recalling Alaskan shores, with you But the humid Florida curb Belies that optimism
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Original Quote (via IMDB): Someone is either a smoker or a nonsmoker. There’s no in-between. The trick is to find out which one you are, and be that. If you’re a nonsmoker, you’ll know. Appropriated Quote: Someone is either a writer or a non-writer. There’s no in-between. The trick is…
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I am coming off of a pretty good weekend – how about you? A while back I backed a Kickstarter that brought to life a delightful game Marrying Mr. Darcy. The game, as you can imagine, is based on Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice – and even came with an…
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Written 2/7/2005, based on the prompt that is the first line. Originally posted on my writing Livejournal (nanoweylyn.livejournal.com) and then on the original CrushedMuffin.com site. [cryout-pullquote align=”center” textalign=”left” width=”85%”]”I thought love meant never having to say you’re sorry.” Madison stopped at the words. “No, Kyra, that’s infallibilty,” she said, and…
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I left work for a week in June to attend/ minion at the Writing the Other Retreat (more on the retreat later). When I came back, I found this on the corner of my desk: I have no idea who left it for me, and honestly, I am of two…