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A Mused
It is 10:25 at night. The house is a dark, quiet box, the only light is the one that casts cutting white lines against my desk. It’s one of those lamps with the singular stark circle of energy that...
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Writer Misquotes: Ernest Hemingway
Recently, someone posted a picture of Ernest Hemingway with a really profound quote of his. And I started thinking to myself…what if writers’ quotes were most like the photos? I mean, if we didn’t...
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5 of the Best Sitcoms Ever
I’m not certain why this is, but recently I’ve been revisiting some sitcoms. Now, my relationship with television growing up was very old-fashioned. I lived in the generation where Nick-at-Nite...
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Birdwatching at the Hardware Store
I’m always surprised when a childhood hang-up suddenly grabs my attention. For instance, I hate going to the hardware store. Comedian Donald Glover said it best when he said that Home Depot is the...
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10 Years: Pre-Chrysalis
A few days ago, when I was going about my normal day-to-day, I had a sudden realization. May is a big month for me: it’s the anniversary of when I moved up here. It’s the anniversary of when I...
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Great News, Everyone! or, Five Awesome Things You Should Know Are Happening
1. I just returned from crossing off one of the biggest items on my Life List: a cross-country trip from Pittsburgh to Seattle. We stopped in Chicago and saw the Bean, rode rollercoasters at the Mall...
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I CAN DO ZAT: The Clarion West Write-a-thon
Guys, real talk for a second. Recently, I’ve been having a hard time relaxing. All week, I was looking forward to the opportunity to just sit for a while and lose myself in nothing. That didn’t happen....
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Write-a-thon Story #1: The Beginning
Here is the first of the Black Carnival stories. I hope you enjoy it. —— The day the Black Carnival showed up in our town, I was on my way to HR. I took the stairs one slow step at a time, letting one...
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Write-a-thon Story #2: The Dolphin-Girl
If asked, Kano, who was eight, could tell you two of the first things he could remember: The first was the stories about a time where there were no dolphins. The elders...
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A Few of my Favorite Things #1
Or, “everything I’ve learned about writing I’ve learned from great stories before my own.”
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Write-a-thon Story #3: The Unicorn
Enjoying the stories? Looking forward to more? Don’t forget to click here and pledge on my Clarion page. Tell your friends! — It was a clear, cold night when the animal jumped in front...
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Write-a-thon Bonus: The Bearded Lady
Hi, everybody. I’m very sorry for the delay in the story-making. I’ve gotten very sick with some sort of chest congestion, so I’m working on slowly getting back into the swing of things. To keep things...
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Write-a-thon Bonus: The Painless Man
Bonus #2: the story of Alex, the strange red-headed man who feels no pain…or does he? — There was only one person who had ever been able to enter, sit and stay a while in Espressitus Kauffee’s Boiler...
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Write-a-thon Bonus: The Dollmaker
Bonus #3: a tale of those who try to hold on to the piece of the Black Carnival. — When the Black Carnival comes to town, everyone must be vigilant. In most cases, the urge for children to run into...
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Talking about All the Things
So, I dropped off the face of the planet. Sorry about that. The “summer cold” was, most probably, bronchitis. I’ve been suffering with the coughing for two weeks. It’s been physically terrible for me,...
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Love Letters and Unicorns
Yesterday, that picture I did from the Last Unicorn got reblogged by Peter S. Beagle’s official Tumblr. Holy shit, guys. Do you even know the noises I made?* Understandably, my Tumblr went…kind of...
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