Storyboard: How I Come Up With Children’s Stories
I am an image-based writer when it comes to stories for young people (middle-grade). For “The Girl Who Flew on a Whale,” I was inspired by a photoshopped image of a girl touching a floating whale. That story isn’t finished yet, but it will be one day. A lot of my stories arise from […]
A Short Story Wants to Get Away From Me
Earlier this week, I started writing a short story entitled “The Girl Who Flew on a Whale” as part of my WISB Podcast project. The story, as my friend Adam Callaway remarked, is a whimsical fantasy for young readers (chapbook level). I’ve always wanted to write a story like this. They’re fun to read and […]
Life Update #1001093838199392: Computer Woes
Some things are going to be put on hold for a week. Why? Because my laptop decided it wanted to die yesterday, leaving some edited work unavailable to me on my other systems (I hadn’t made a backup for all the work done over the weekend, which was quite stupid of me). This means some […]
WIP Snippet: “The Dream Machine”
The following is from a science fiction and fantasy mashup short story I’m working on, which I’m called “The Dream Machine.” I’ll likely change the title later. We’ll see. This is the first paragraph: A shadow swam across the frame of his vision, obscuring the charred hills beyond and turning the flames licking the sky […]
The Status — A Very Long Summer and the WISB Funding Update
Two things: 1. The Lizards and Financial Mumbo Jumbo The last couple weeks have contributed tremendously to my long history of garbage-ness. I had to have one of my lizards (Taj) put down, today marks the day when my other lizard is expected to go into surgery (Noodles), and so on. Emotionally, I’m in one […]
The New Writing/Editing/Podcasting/Reviewing Agenda/Plan/Thing (Yeah)
The last few weeks have been nothing short of crazy. My sister spent two weeks (ish) in town, which was great because I’ve only seen her all of four hours in the last two years. Likewise, the school season started up again, putting me head first into a poetry/film course that (let’s face it) is […]