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{180}Writer vs. Storyteller

An interesting thought exchange with ClassicalSass about “why post/publish your writing?” led me back around to the idea of being a writer vs. being a storyteller. Yes, of course, there is critical overlap there. I’m not talking about hard...

{168} When Authors are Human too

History Lesson! I was a young girl in the 70s and 80s (I “graduated” high school in 1986, so those where my years of coming up into being a young adult). I read a lot, and sometimes dreamed of writing stories for others to read. Writers were my favorite celebrities...

{167} Casting couch

I have to ‘cast’ characters I write with actors I know, and honestly, it is a lot of fun. Right now I’m mulling on a seekrit projekt, and one of the leads is played in my head by JR Bourne (he of Star Gate 1 and Teen Wolf fame): RAWR!!!  It’s...

{166} the ripped up souls of spanish moss

What if every strand of spanish moss is a fallen angel? Angels worn thin by human hubris, angels whose wings faltered on their way to redemption. Choirs of angels laced together in anguish and mortality, exposed to the finite forms of descent: rain and sun and wind...

{165} Courage or folly?

I’m not known for taking risks. I am, in fact, absurdly risk-averse, so much so that my therapist is really over it. I have already written about pissing off my therapist, and that she is demanding that I take some risks. Oh, she didn’t put it that way...