Here is the cover of the Swarm Press version of Playing For Keeps! I did love the hard work that JR Blackwell, Jared Axelrod and JC Hutchins put into the podcast cover, but the publisher wanted a new look, and I’m completely mad about this one. I love the hero metaphor, I love more »
First Sentence Saturdays
“Peter, put down that penguin, you don’t know where it’s been!” his mother yelled.
The News From Poughkeepsie is a daily blog post featuring an idea for you to take and do with what you will. Read more about it here. This post is licensed under a Creative more »
General Stuff Fridays
Jenna never liked the songs about fools being in love. A fool being in love was a delicate matter. Your cleverness falls when you’re in love. Your bias toward the object of your desire may force you to be kinder to them when a stinging barb is needed. And your general mentality more »
My story, A Rose By Any Other Name, is live on the 7th Son feed. If you’ve followed this blog at all you know that it’s a project I’ve been rather honored and excited to be a part of. My story went live last night. It’s about names and darkness.
If you haven’t more »
Scenes Thursdays
The shattered businessman sat at his desk, his head hung low. His fool stood in the doorway, not called upon, but entering unbidden as always.
The fool goes where other’s cannot. But at the end of the day, they are still fools.
“I recommend saying that you’re taking time to spend with your more »
(one month till I turn 35. Just saying.)
Macguffin Wednesdays
Kathy, the janitor of Trump Tower who moonlighted as the fool, although no one knew it. She had taken her dice bag to work with her, and left it behind on one of the floors. Kathy’s dice bag was reknowned among the game-playing janitorial staff more »
When I think about the random things that shaped my childhood, I fear interacting with the Pink Tornado, because I worry an idle comment from me will affect her forever.
When I was in kindergarten, we had posterboards that anthropomorphized letters. The consonants were male, the vowels and Y were female (that always pissed me more »
Settings Tuesdays:
Girdy Twinkleflow is the elected head of the NYC Fool’s Guild. Patty Finhowl is the head of the blue collar fools, while Larry NoLastName is head of the white collar fools. The NYC Fool’s Guild has been putting fools in businesses from Public Works to McDonald’s to Trump Tower for the past 5 more »
Characters sketch Mondays:
It’s time to have another special week. I just read Fool’s Errand by Sarah Zettel (which grew into Fool’s War, which I’m interested in reading) and I got so entranced with the idea of the fool in settings other than feudal, I wanted to do another week.
Rachel’s mother was a more »
I received word recently that Playing For Keeps will be out from Swarm Press on August 25! This is the week before DragonCon, where I’ll be with BELLS on. BELLS, people.
I’m going to be asking you for a favor. If you want this book, if you want to support me for giving away years more »
Categories
The Latest from I Should Be Writing- Scrivener review! February 3, 2012
- Fun website stuff February 1, 2012
- A different writing challenge January 31, 2012
- ISBW Special #46 – Stonecoast Writer’s Residency January 30, 2012
- Notice- No interviews for a while January 30, 2012
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