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April 12, 2022
Odd Prompts: stowaways 2
I’d hoped to finish this up this week, but sadly I’m out of energy. *** “How many?” The captain hung upside-down to the rest of the group gathered around the clear container. It had once held some foodstuff, what Maja couldn’t guess, but the cook had produced it when the first creature was captured. Julian …
April 11, 2022
Home for a Day
Today we came home. There was champagne, and housewarming gifts – like that chair, thank you Jim Curtis! There were friends, and a dog and a cat, and a very excited Little Man. Toasting the house, and showing off all the fun little features. And finally, for a brief sweet moment in the hectic day, …
April 10, 2022
The Final Hurdle
We are in the last stages of this particular life adventure. One year ago I came down to Texas towing a loaded trailer, and spent the weekend at a gathering of friends before turning around and heading back to Ohio. Two days later, the whole family was in Texas to unload the big truck with …
April 6, 2022
Wubbuda
The sound you make when you hit the wall. I’m trying not to wear myself out. Trying really hard. It’s just there are a lot of moving parts and I seem to be getting less sleep even though I’m lying down obediently at bedtime and getting up… ok, last couple of mornings I was already …
April 5, 2022
Odd Prompts: stowaways
I’ve probably muddled all my terminology, but no time to research this. I can always fix it later. *** “We can’t vent the cargo hold.” Her captain rotated his grip, swinging his body around in an economical movement to face her. They were oriented at right angles to one another, but at least face-to-face. His …
April 4, 2022
April Whirlwind
The chaos is upon me. Boxes fill the living area. We hadn’t intended to start packing up the kitchen and pantry this soon, to be honest. With the ability to stage the move from apartment to house in a somewhat leisurely manner, we’d planned for… more time. But the apartment complex sent notice that tomorrow …
April 2, 2022
Practicing Art
I’ve been doing daily art for six years now. It’s been interesting to look back and see my long, slow evolution of style, tools, and approach to color, lines, and much more. I’m still not where I can pull an image out of my head and render it perfectly on the page, and likely I …
April 1, 2022
Cargoships, in Space
While I was at FantaSci I had a unique and very educational experience, and I wanted to take time to not only talk about all the writing sparks it threw off, but to thank Peter Gold. He had prepared a detailed presentation on the use of cargoships in the Honorverse (with references to the excellent …
March 29, 2022
Odd Prompts: Time Travel
This is a one-shot vignette for this week’s prompt. Just me playing around. *** “The best argument for the impossibility of time travel?” She looked up from her cup of coffee, which she had been nursing like it was a rare commodity. “It hasn’t happened yet.” She raised her eyebrows. “Are you sure?” “Fully certain.” …
Dragons and Quilts
Honestly, that’s a story prompt right there! A dragon that hoards quilts? A wee baby dragon with it’s head too big for it’s body wrapped up in a baby quilt? A quilted vest for a dragon visiting the Ice Dragons? I digress. Really, there’s already a book I’d like for you to read. And buying …
