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A Twelfth of Carrabis (March 2025 Newsletter)

Musings Winners and Runners Up RoundTable 360° The Wounds We Carry — Sex, Gender, and the Art of Creation Diane Wallace’s Walking a Crooked Path: Pilgrimage of the Soul Greg Hickey Dictation Oddities Wilderness House Literary Review needs book reviewers Month Long Writers’ Workshop Save the (Pink) Hydra Zen Citizen Celebrate Women’s History Month with … Continue reading "A Twelfth of Carrabis (March 2025 Newsletter)"

The Little Bird

The Wild brings me gifts. Sometimes the gifts are great ones; a long, deep snow whitening the darkness of Winter, my Brother Orion striding across the skies. Sometimes the gifts are small ones; bright green buds announcing Spring’s arrival, the first web of a spider awakening from a long winter nap. Sometimes the gift is … Continue reading "The Little Bird"

Ten Minutes with RoundTable Regular and Alternate History and Fantasy Author Liz Tuckwell

London, England, based author Liz Tuckwell (whose work I enjoy) adds a reserved focus to our monthly RoundTable 360°s. Hope you enjoy learning about Liz and her work.  

An Experiment in Writing – Part 23: Into the Mythic

  (the video’s way down at the bottom of this post) Transportation Devices Consider stories as transportation devices. Fiction’s purpose is to take you out of your reality and put you into the story’s reality. Ever read something and lost track of time? I’ve had readers tell me they missed their bus stops, forgot to … Continue reading "An Experiment in Writing – Part 23: Into the Mythic"

Fains I (A John Chance Mystery) Chapter 5 – Men Who Stare At Goats (rewrite)

Aside from a new title, that is. Fains I (A John Chance Mystery) Chapter 5 – Men Who Stare At Goats   Commander Tom Knox sat on one side of a large oak conference table in Naval Station New York’s Reagan Boardroom. His duffel and backpack were on the seat and floor beside him. An … Continue reading "Fains I (A John Chance Mystery) Chapter 5 – Men Who Stare At Goats (rewrite)"

Hot Fun in the Summertime

(showing my age, here) I loved Sly and the Family Stone. Many of their songs became personal anthems over many summers. End of the Spring and here she comes back. Hi, hi, hi, hi there. Them Summer Days. Just listening to it now (it’s short at 2m40s) fills me with scents and sounds and tastes. … Continue reading "Hot Fun in the Summertime"

Ten Minutes with RoundTable Regular and Actor, Voice Artist, and Coach Sabine Rossbach

Sabine brings thoughtful insights and comic asides to our RoundTable 360°s. Sabine works throughout the EU and can be found on stage, screen, TV, and both taking and offering classes (to develop her craft and help others develop theirs). Hope you enjoy learning about Sabine and her work.  

An Experiment in Writing – Part 22: More on Plotlines, Timelines, and Throughlines

Believing strongly that if you want to learn how well you understand something, explain it to someone else. That’s right up there with if you truly understand something, you should be able to explain it to a three year old. If you can get them away from their devices, of course. There’s a difference between … Continue reading "An Experiment in Writing – Part 22: More on Plotlines, Timelines, and Throughlines"

Fains I (A John Chance Mystery) Chapter 4 – What We Do in the Shadows (rewrite 2)

Yeah…well…deal with it. I’ve learned to. Fains I (A John Chance Mystery) Chapter 4 – What We Do in the Shadows Vincent Quarrals watched Monique Modine exit Martin’s store from deep in the shadows of the Kristoffersen’s barn. Stacey Knox headed south a few minutes earlier. He considered walking over when he saw her pull … Continue reading "Fains I (A John Chance Mystery) Chapter 4 – What We Do in the Shadows (rewrite 2)"

Get Off My Back

You’ve had a long, hard day. Work won’t let up. It drags you down, down, down. Then you come home. You just want to pour yourself a tall one, get in a nicely scented hot bath, feel the heat seep into your bones and your muscles relax, put on some nice background music, maybe decide … Continue reading "Get Off My Back"