So, I haven’t posted here in a long while, and what small bits of fiction I have written of late have appeared at Ficlets. But, I’m hoping to get more active here in the coming months. To kick that off a bit, I’ve got an idea for an episodic serial story that I’d [...]
It’s getting close to a year of neglect, but here’s a quick Part III to Alpha vs Delta, my exercise in 7th Son / Infection fanfic. For all parts of this story, check the Alpha vs Delta category. I’m thinking that this is now part 3 of 6, and I hope that I can actually get my [...]
Almost as if the lazyweb has read my mind and found my recently formulated yet unspoken intention to regularly spew tiny bits of fiction to get my gears turning, I discover Ficlets via BoingBoing. Hopefully, I’ll begin regularly producing my own ficlets over here on my Ficlets author page. If I get a [...]
A writing prompt borrowed from http://100wordstories.com/2007/03/13/: …around the bushes and up a tree… “Billy,” said Jake, rubbing his hand, “that damn cat bit me!” “Jake,” said Billy, “what the hell? I told you I’d be right back!” “It looked like I could grab it by the tail. But, it bit me and ran around the bushes and [...]
A writing prompt borrowed from http://100wordstories.com/2007/03/12/: You go into your kitchen in the morning and there’s a note next to your coffee maker. What does it say? “Warning: Consumption of beverages produced by this machine may counteract community-mandated tranquility agents introduced by municipal drinking water treatment.” Mark found the transparent and still-tacky sticker upside-down on the counter [...]
So, I figured that I could help break my general writing stoppage by switching gears from Alpha vs Delta for a brief bit. I promise get back to AvD very shortly. In the meantime, here’s a story I’ve hastily entitled “Goddess of Mikey,” from an idea that’s been bobbing through my head the [...]
After a somewhat unintentional hiatus, I got back to some writing tonight - specifically for the Alpha vs Delta fanfic I started here. I’m about 1500 words into Part III, which I think makes it a little under half-way done. Finally switching to the Triangles’ point of view here and mixing things up [...]
So, after a busy week and long weekend, I’ve stalled on writing. I think tonight’s a wash, too. Watching Heroes after a day of lazing around, playing WoW. Hopefully I’ll get back into it this week. I think that’s one of the big challenges: Balancing work, play, laziness, procrastination, and [...]
Another thought for the episodic fiction ponderings pile: Old-school Doctor Who from the BBC seemed to have a good formula. Unlike the more recent regeneration, the original series told stories stretched over a handful of hour-long episodes, usually four to six in number. And, although plot details from previous tales might come [...]
So, I’ve got story ideas percolating in my head, and I’ve posted some of them. I’m currently working on one of them out in the open as a rough draft serial, and I’m also taking occasional pokes at this other one. Looking my batch of podcast subscriptions, I could see myself trying to [...]