Lazette Gifford's Blog, page 51

A break -- with photos!

I had a wonderful trip down to the Lee G. Simmons Wildlife Safari on Sunday.  Except for a couple incidents with heat, it was a wonderful day.  The Safari has animals that are indigenous to the area, like wolves, bears, bison, elk -- I did not walk up to the bear and wolves because it was already too hot.  They have a number of birds, too: sandhill cranes, American pelicans, ducks, geese, etc

Flash Fiction #253 -- Words

I haven't had any exploding clocks since I took over the position of personal liaison at  Permia's Fine Clothing for Men and Women a couple months ago.  I liked my job a lot better than the previous one, but it was still maddening.  Today I had four events to worry about coordinating.  Tomorrow I would deal with a mother of a sweet sixteen girl who appeared intent on driving me crazy before

Words

I haven't had any exploding clocks since I took over the position of personal liaison at  Permia's Fine Clothing for Men and Women a couple months ago.  I liked my job a lot better than the previous one, but it was still maddening.  Today I had four events to worry about coordinating.  Tomorrow I would deal with a mother of a sweet sixteen girl who appeared intent on driving me crazy before

And the next project is....

I have started the rewrite and edit of Tales from Grey Station 9.  The first 10k went very well.  The next portion has slowed me down.  I see the problem.  I can fix it as soon as I find the right key.And talking to myself helped.  I have someone who needs a little more time in the spotlight.Edmond has a bad cold.  He's sneezing and coughing like mad.  We'll have to get him some meds next week

Flash Fiction # 252: That kind of day

The day started with my clock taking off from the nightstand with a wail of the alarm, flying around the room for five minutes while I tried to catch it, and then exploding in mid-air, showing the room with bits of plastic.This was the third exploding clock this month.It was half an hour late waking me besides.  I threw myself into the shower, pulled on clothing I'd put out the night before -

Circe's Gifts is done!

I surprised myself with Circe's Gifts.  It barely took a month to do the rewrite and double edit.  I am posting on Wattpad at a couple chapters a day, but I'm also going to release the story in ebook.  I will continue posting on Wattpad, but I hope a few people pick up the finished work.  You know -- support the author sort of thing!Next up might be A Plague of Rats, which I think people will

Flash Fiction # 251: Anomaly

Note:  I have dropped in on Tana's little scout ship and her crew a few times before.  If you would like to read the sequence here are the previous flash fiction pieces:Flash Friday # 106 -- The Replacement http://zette.blogspot.com/2014/08/fla... Fiction # 141 -- The Outposthttp://zette.blogspot.com/2015/04/fla...
Flash Fiction # 161 --

Another (manic) Monday

Welcome to another Monday in my crazed life.  Circe's Gifts is moving along so well that I will be putting up more than two chapters a week soon.  Raventower 2 is published.  I am starting to look at future works for Wattpad, and realizing I will be publishing Circe's Gifts as an ebook before too long.Really, not too bad at all.  But I am in bouncy mode, mostly.  Lots of stuff going on and I

Raventower & Merriweather 2: War and Wattpad

Yes!  Finally!  The second Raventower & Merriweather book is out! 

Here is a link to both of them in Smashwords

And here is a link to the new book at Amazon

War has come to the city of Kamere. The Atrian ships are blockading the coast and occasionally landing troops in attempts to either take the city or to capture some of Sedina's coastline.The villages inland are in chaos, food supplies

Flash Fiction # 250: Spider Drabble

Dear spider on my keyboard,I had thought you might have literary pretensions as you danced across the keys, alas too light to make an impression on the world of writing.  I tried to follow your choices, thinking I could type them out for you -- a little thing to offer between one writer and another; I have always been fond of archie and mehitabel.  Then you stopped and glared as you took up