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#WordlessWednesday: Illumination

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Filed under: photography, Wordless Wednesday Tagged: candle, light, photography, Wordless Wednesday

Old Year’s Evening

OLD YEAR’S EVENING

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The old year’s evening falls
With streaks of copper light
On frozen hills.

Plump little bird
Pecks one last nighttime seed,
Lamp after lamp
lights up in neighbour’s house.

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Now Luna’s shining orb
Peeks past the ridge,
Rising on high
It lays a streak
Of silver on the lake

As one more year
Draws to its close.

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Happy Old Year’s Evening, and all the best for 2018!

 

Filed under: photography, poetry, writing Tagged: evening, light, moon, New Year, old year's evening, photograp...

Peace Angel

I wanted to use it for something special, the payment I got for my first published story. And I found the very thing at the local Christmas Art Show: a painting by my favourite artist, Eveline Wallace. It was priced exactly right.

The actual title of this piece is “Snow”, but I call it “Peace Angel”. (I told Eveline about it, and she approves.) He’s such a cool dude, that angel. So I wrote a poem about him, and here it is – my Christmas greeting to you.

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Eveline Wallace, “Snow”, 2017. Mixed Me...

#WordlessWednesday: Almost-Solstice Sunrise Through the Clouds

Filed under: Wordless Wednesday Tagged: snow, sunrise, Winter Solstice, Wordless Wednesday

And We’re Live!

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“Magic in the Night”, my first ever officially published story, is now live at Enchanted Conversations! Go over here to read it (and if you feel inclined, tell me what you think).

When you’re done, go here to the table of contents to read the other submissions in the “Elves and the Shomaker” issue:

What happens when the solution to writer’s block may be worse for the writer? Can a worthless girl discover a talent she never expected? Why does an online store make sure all their hats are speci...

I’m Going to be Published!!

So, this just happened:

“Hi Angelika,

This is Amanda Bergloff, editor at Enchanted Conversation Magazine, and your story, “Magic in the Night” was selected for The Elves and the Shoemaker December Issue.”

Eeeeep!! I’m going to be published! With a fiction story! In a real online magazine!

Here’s the awesome piece of artwork Amanda Bergloff did as the cover image for my story:

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“The Elves and the Shoemaker” has always been one of my favourite fairy tales, so when Enchanted Conversation announc...

On Character-Driven Stories, or: It’s About the People

“Don’t tell Angelika,” a friend of ours, an engineer, said to my husband, “but I tried to read her book, and didn’t make it past the first few pages. There are way too many feelings in it!” My husband did tell me, because he knew what my reaction would be: I laughed long and hard.

But also, quite contrary to our friend’s expectations, I took his statement as a compliment. For one, he only tried to read the book because it was mine, i.e. it was an expression of friendship, which I appreciate....

Remember

Filed under: life Tagged: history, Remembrance Day, war

News From the Writing Trenches: #NaNoWriMo2017

It’s Nanowrimo.

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I’ve got a bear.

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I’m writing.

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Oh, and it’s winter and stuff.

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That’s all.

Life, the Universe, and News From the Writing Trenches. See you on the other side!

Filed under: writing Tagged: NaNoWriMo, Steve, tea, writing

#WordlessWednesday: Selfie in Baroque

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Residence Palace, Munich, July 2017

Filed under: Wordless Wednesday Tagged: baroque, gilding, München, mirrors, Munich, Residence Palace Munich, Residenz München, selfie, Wordless Wednesday