Just tuning in? Catch up with parts one, two, three, four, five, six and seven of this story. The body looked even smaller after Naomi left it. She had always been an exceptionally petite woman. Had they been married in a less obligatory manner, Daphne would have found it funny that someone as tall and brawny as MacArthur had ended…
Here is this week’s list of blog posts and other tidbits from my favourite corners of the web. The Girl and the Flower. A fairy tale about a woman who would do anything to save her dying husband. Prepare to suddenly need to wipe something out of the corner of your eye when you read this….
This might only make sense to fellow writers, but the characters in After the Storm have begun leading me into plot twists I was hoping to avoid. Many years ago I had a similar issue with a character in another story. I was so invested in finding a way around who she kept turning out to…
This video is well worth the 10 minute investment. A few quotes from it: “None of this stuff is really about morality or religion or dogma or big fancy questions about life after death.…” “The alternate is unconsciousness, the default setting, the rat race, the constant, gnawing sense of having had, and lost, some infinite…
Just tuning in? Catch up with parts one, two, three, four, five and six of this story. Ephraim had always taken after MacArthur’s tall, pale, and stocky frame so Daphne was quite surprised to see how tanned and muscular the boy had grown during his studies. Doctors were expected to cultivate their own herbs and have a well-stocked…
Here is this week’s list of blog posts, a brand new message board, flash fiction and other tidbits from my favourite corners of the web. From Silencing Techniques: Have you ever had an entire conversation that was not about the thing you wanted to talk about, but about why you needed to stop talking about…
Last week, during a conversation about her upcoming wedding, @lindsayrobins asked me for marriage advice. This is what I have learned over the last 7 years, 10 months, and 29 days of my marriage. 1. Relationship Books Are Useless. Read them for comedic purposes (if you must), but don’t forget that people are complex. Of course gender…
Just tuning in? Catch up with parts one, two, three, four, and five of this story. The courtroom was as small and airless as ever. It had been early September the last time she was here, and even though the temperature had finally dipped below 100 F her damp dress clung to the pooch in her abdomen…
Here is this week’s list of blog posts, short stories and other tidbits from my favourite corners of the web. Neurodiversity Rewires Conventional Thinking About Brains via JeffHolton. I like where this is headed. Coming Out. Non-theists, this link is for you. How do you talk about your atheism/agnosticism /apatheism with strangers, friends and family members? Star…
Part one of this story. Part two of this story. Part three of this story. Part four of this story. Squeak. Daphne willed her heavy eyes to open. Between worrying about what another epidemic would do to her community and comforting a lonely boy who insisted on going home to meet his new brother she hadn’t…