Been thinking about wordpress and how the tag specific pages work to draw the reader in…
See that almost sentence above? ^ It is about the length of the excerpt that the tag specific pages give for each post. Pretty short, huh? That’s what you get to try and entice the random reader in. Made me [...]
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Standardized Blurb Format for Freely Shared Online Fiction SBFFFSOF for short ;P
Posted in books, fiction, poetry, writing, writing and life on May 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Book Review-ish Pope Joan by Donna Woolfolk Cross
Posted in books on January 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Still on the read a novel or two a week kick since the holidays, thank you very much. The latest read was Pope Joan by Donna Woolfolk Cross. It was kind of cool and kind of interesting, but also a little formulaic and predictable.
As a work of historical fiction, it must needs play fast [...]
What I’ve been reading ~ Edgardo Vega Yunque’ …Bill Bailey…
Posted in books on January 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I recently finished reading ‘No Matter How Much You Promise to Cook or Pay the Rent You Blew It Cauze Bill Bailey Ain’t Never Coming Home Again’ by Edgardo Vega Yunque’. And boy howdy, it was long, and in some ways it had way too many words. I personally am a fan of writing that [...]
On Books and the Antihero: Dexter, Profit and Lady MacBeth
Posted in books, writing on January 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
What I’ve been reading lately-
So, I have this enormous family and am lucky enough that there really isn’t much I need or want, except books and media and such (the occasional cooking implement makes the list, too). Which means that Christmas usually brings a few bookstore gift cards or the like- so I can go [...]
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What I’ve posted lately and where- Array March 28, 2009New Poem And I Will Sing for Your Father
- Lillia’s Tale March 11, 2009I have finished the first nine prompts in my new writing project, now titled “Lillia’s Tale”. They are short little things 100-400 words each, but they are a start. They are set in the same storyverse as Ari’s Tale. 1. Beginnings 2. Middles 3. Endings 4. Insides 5. Outsides 6. Hours 7. Days 8. Weeks [...]
- New Project and TOAF on Hiatus February 23, 2009Put Told On A Friday on hiatus and have begun a new writing project over here. Updates to my new and hopefully cathartic project will be included in my update feed here and my Twitter, too.
- Tootin’ my own horn. December 16, 2008Taking this time of year to draw attention to two of my older stories, both written last year around the holidays. The Hidden Properties of Fruitcake (1) (2) ~ An Epiphany Story The Yearlings ~ A New Years Story I really love both of these pieces and hope you do, too.
- Burgess Gulch (6) December 5, 2008Burgess Gulch (6) Genre:Sci-fi/Western Word Count:5,350 Rating:10+ Summary: Things around Burgess Gulch continue to get more and more perplexing. Author’s Note: This began as my 2006 Nanowrimo Novel. Previous Parts (1) (2) (3) (4) (5).
- Array March 28, 2009
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