This week’s 512 Words: “The Coronation Will Not Be Televised” You can also listen to the podcast and read the liner notes. I’m sure various news outlets will make a big deal out of Monday being Martin Luther King, Jr….
Category: writing
Back to the Future
Read it now!FREEFALL: No FateChapter 7: We Happy Few When I was in college, I started writing a series of science fiction stories collectively titled FREEFALL. They were set in a semi-parallel universe, where a family named Quinn (and yes,…
My 2009 Commitments
I don’t make New Year’s Resolutions. It’s a terminology issue–I don’t make resolutions. I’m not Congress, or the United Nations. I also don’t set goals, because that word has been poisoned by years of working in Dilbertville. (I reserve the…
Friday Flash Fiction: “Bachelor of Science”
Not my best story: “Bachelor of Science” at 512 Words or Fewer D didn’t like the ending, and Loren liked the original opening better. I wrote those three paragraphs last year sometime, and sat on them because I didn’t know…
Best Amazon Review Ever
“The Secret saved my life!” Here’s a screenshot, in case it goes away: (via Elizabeth Bear) ~CKL
Daily Routine, Part 2
(The long-awaited conclusion to Part 1!) As promised, here’s a breakdown of my writing habits. D will have to speak for herself. And, ironically, today is a very atypical day–we got up at eight in the morning, at least two…
2008 in Blog Posts
As so many other bloggers have done, here’s a non-random sample of my 2008 output, featuring the first post in every calendar month from CKL’s HotSheet, Travels With Our Cats, and 512 Words or Fewer: JanuaryHotSheet: The View from My…
Friday Flash Fiction: “Finale”
Happy New Year! I realize that I’ve been neglecting my shameless self-promotion, so you can look forward to a HotSheet post every Friday that links to that week’s 512 Words or Fewer story. This week, it’s the ironically named “Finale,”…
Making Good Art
Okay, I’m back. I spent most of yesterday with that fuzzy, unfocused feeling in my head that I always get after a good cry–it lasted longer than usual, but I’m mostly recovered now. My dad’s flying back to Taiwan in…
Daily Routine, Part 1
On Wednesday, my friend Nils pointed me to Daily Routines, a blog about “How writers, artists, and other interesting people organize their days.” He ended his email by asking, “What’s yours…?” When D and I decided to take the next…