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July 1, 2015
Book Review Wednesday | Relic by Anne Hagan
Every once in a while, I’ll be scrolling through Amazon, buy a book on Kindle, and forget it exists for a few months. When I open my Kindle reading app, I’m usually shocked to see how many titles I have lined up there; I always vow to get to all of them within a certain period of time, which I inevitably let pass without getting through half. Relic by Anne Hagan was one of those impulse purchases for me, and as I had some reading time open up this week, I decided to check it out.
From the be...
June 29, 2015
Word a Week | Week 17
Welcome to theseventeenth installment of Word a Week. You can find the other Word a Week words here.
This week’s word is:
diaspora– (verb) 1.the dispersion or spreading of something that was originally localized (as a people or language or culture). 2. the body of Jews (or Jewish communities) outside Palestine or modern Israel.
Write a flash piece, post it at your online space, and drop the link in the comments here!
Filed under: Challenge, Word a Week, Writing, Writing Craft Tagged: challeng...
June 27, 2015
Bad Reputation | Terribleminds Prompted Flash Fiction
This week has been a whirlwind of happy chaos. The biggest thing, of course, was the historic Supreme Court decision that declared me an equal citizen — at least as far as my marriage is concerned. It changed so many lives for the better, and I’m still astonished that it really happened.
In writing related news, Imanaged to get my new anthology, Consuming Darkness, almost ready for publication. (A special announcement post is coming soon.) Then, I went through Maladaptation and made a list of...
June 26, 2015
It’s Official: Love Wins!
My wife called me as I was walking in the door from grocery shopping this morning. She sounded weepy as she told me to turn on the television.
“What channel?” I asked.
“All of them. It’s on all of them.”
I flipped it on, and what I saw nearly knocked me off my feet. I pulled the ottoman over and collapsed. It happened. SCOTUS ruled IN FAVOR of marriage equality.
Today, instead of having to say that my wife and I are married in “over half” of states, I can say that we’re MARRIED. Period. No qu...
June 24, 2015
Searching for Celia by Elizabeth Ridley | Netgalley Review 3
When I decided to read Searching for Celia by Elizabeth Ridley, I wasn’t sure what to expect. I knew it sounded like a mystery/thriller mixed with LGBT romance — but would I really like it?
The basic plotline of the story is explained on the back cover (edited for length):
Dayle Salvesen, a bestselling spy novelist from Wisconsin, arrives in London for a writers’ conference only to be told that her best friend and former lover, Celia Frost, has died under mysterious circumstances. Or has she...
June 22, 2015
Word a Week | Week 16
Welcome to thesixteenth installment of Word a Week. You can find the other Word a Week words here.
This week’s word is:
traverse– (verb) 1. travel across or through. 2. move (something) back and forth or sideways.
(noun) 3. an act of traversing something. 4. a part of a structure that extends or is fixed across something.
(adjective) 5. (of a curtain rod) allowing the curtain to be opened and closed by sliding it along the rod.
I particularly like this word because it can be used as a verb,...
June 19, 2015
New Anthology | Care to cast your vote?
Long-time readers of this blog probably know about Darkness Undone, the free anthologyI created of my dark flash fiction to get my feet wet in the self-publishing pool. Most of those stories started here on this blog, but I added an extra few to round it out into something more. Since I had some pretty positive responses to it, I thought I would do it again. But this time I’ll do things a little differently.
Below you will find a poll that lists some of my more recent stories, especially a fe...
June 17, 2015
Review 10 | TBR Pile Challenge | The Island
Being such a huge fan of Jaws, this book practically shouted at me when I saw it in the last library book sale. I love what I’ve read of Peter Benchley’s work so far, so even though the plotline of The Island didn’t appeal to me as much, I thought I would give it a try. So, once I got it home, I promptly put it (and the rest of my library sale finds) in the back of my closet, and didn’t unearth it again until I was searching for books for the TBR Pile Challenge.
What can I say about this boo...
June 15, 2015
Word a Week | Week 15
Welcome to thefifteenth installment of Word a Week. You can find the other Word a Week words here.
This week’s word is:
fusillade– (noun) 1. a series of shots fired or missiles thrown all at the same time or in quick succession.
(verb) 2. attack (a place) or shoot down (someone) by a series of shots fired at the same time or in quick succession.
This versatile word is sure to drum up some interesting tales.
June 8, 2015
Word a Week | Week 14
Welcome to thefourteenth installment of Word a Week. You can find the other Word a Week words here.
This week’s word is:
palliate– (verb) 1. to relieve or lessen without curing. 2. to try to conceal the gravity of (an offense) by excuses, apologies, etc.
It’s common. Every day, we face bad behavior, excuses, false apologies, and deceit. Write a story about one of these palliatives, and post a link in the comments!
