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Monthly Archives: May 2009
Grammar Geek
I have avoided posting here because I so wanted to report that I had finished the revision of my sci-fi novella. I kept saying, “Tonight, tonight is the night.” Unfortunately, I’m not done with the rewrite — and yes, it … Continue reading
ART DOESN’T ALWAYS IMITATE REAL LIFE
I have a short story idea in the queue waiting for its turn to be given flesh and soul. It’s has to do with the alarming number of cats in our neighborhood. I hear them outside now. It’s 3-WTF-something in … Continue reading
A Love Letter
i. At a wedding I attended recently, the pastor declared marriage between two people as “the most intimate relationship between two people.” But mothers know differently. As my wise friend Kellie recently wrote me, “The greatest love affairs of our … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Love, Motherhood
Tagged baby, daughter, gratitude, Love, love letter, mother's day, Motherhood
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“SUICIDERS” – A NOVELETTE
In an effort to write a short story worthy of submission to last year’s Clarion workshop, I ended up going over their limit of 6,000 words and writing a novelette. As I was writing it, I knew it was going … Continue reading
Posted in Writing
Tagged Clarion, deviantART, George Grie, ghost ship, novelette, revision, suiciders, Writing
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TICKLED PINK
I remember being transported by Madeleine L’Engle’s “A Wrinkle In Time,” when I was younger, to the gray planet of Ixchel, along with the main character young Meg, and being dumbfounded alongside her at the prospect of explaining the concept … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Life, Motherhood
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