No, this isn’t about making them feel really comfortable. It’s another way to cook eggs, and I’ve decided I may as well cook my way through the list I made a few years ago. It was something I meant to do then, and life got in the way. May as well start now, right? Besides,… Read More Coddled Eggs
So this week I did a totally different prompt response. I’ve been focused on finishing up a story, but it’s not one I could do in public. However, I did get it done! and I am all written out today. So I made art, instead. The prompt was “The llama ate it” with an assigned… Read More Odd Prompts: Fury of the Llama
I’m back, folks, with more food, more books, and more pretty pictures for you to drool over. The new house has a great kitchen, good natural light for the photos, and best of all… I have the time to help promote my friends and fellow authors. Kelly Grayson is a very good writer, and a… Read More Eat This While You Read That: Kelly Grayson
I’ve been working hard at relaxing today. It’s not a skill I’ve used a lot in the recent years, and I’m out of practice. Just like exercise, you may find that if you don’t make an effort to laze around, it gets really difficult to do. I know this may sound odd, but I’m not… Read More Relax Hard
I’ve done a lot of book covers over the years, and had a lot of fun doing it. I’m not quitting, just celebrating some recent releases. Most recent is Kal Sprigg’s latest. Valor’s Inheritance was a different challenge for me. It’s the latest release in a long-running series, so I needed to fit the series… Read More Cover me! I’m going in…
it’s been far too long since I went on a bug hunt in my own yard. Even though we moved in here to the Crooked House in late spring, Texas time, I was too busy to find my camera (it has been located) or even to do what I did this morning and go out… Read More Bug Hunting: June 2022
This is a snippet from the middle of a short story I’m working on. *** “I have a story to tell you.” Mona sat on the steps to their trailer. Beth looked up at her. She’d plopped down on the ground, crosslegged, as soon as Mona had gestured for her. The stamp collector, looking… Read More Odd Prompts: Moonlight
I have two books in the Super Summer Sale that Hans Schantz is running. Both The Case of the Perambulating Hatrack, and Possum Creek Massacre, are on sale for $0.99 this week. You’ll find them, and many, many others, over at his blog. Plus, he’s got a link that will allow you to get $5… Read More Book Sale
A continuation of last week’s story bit. *** Jimmy peered at the screens, his eyes flickering rapidly between them. He was too old to still think that hoping hard enough for something would make it real. He thought this, and then rolled his shoulders, trying to make it true. The tension in his frame was… Read More Odd Prompts: Deep Dive
This is an exercise. Literally, I am doing the warming-up my fingers by typing stream of consciousness into the blog composition window. There’s no obligation to read any further, and there’s no topic. What it is, is tricking my brain into production mode. The human psyche is a strange and capricious thing. I can’t force… Read More Wordless Monday
“Shouldn’t it be a suit?” “What?” He looked up from the wet surface of the dock to meet the other man’s eyes. “Jimmy?” James Pietswach, Jimmy to all and sundry, was hanging over the rail and looking down at the man on the floating dock. “A suit. With, you know, arms and legs. At least… Read More Odd Prompts: Deep Dive
I really debated making this a formal part of the series. Usually, when I do an Eat This While You Read That post, I’m highlighting a single author (or editor!) and a dish they chose (not necessarily one from the book, just one they like) in the recipe and post. This is celebrating an island,… Read More ETWYRT: Timpana