I started writing a piece last week, and now I’ve finished it. Or, well, I have a new first draft that tells the story I wanted to tell. That’s usually what I mean by finished, here. This piece is in the same setting as Trouble Close Behind and Bloody Expanse, though it’s a bit different. This one was inspired by Chuck Wendig’s X Meets Y Horror prompt. Read on past the break!
Monthly Archives: October 2015
Classwork: Write in a genre you haven’t written before
I struggled with this one. In part, I blame the flash fiction I’ve written. I had a really hard time finding a genre that I hadn’t at least played around in before. I suppose I should have written some magical realism, but I … well, I chickened out. Instead, I threw together the first two pages of a short romance, which is a genre that I think I haven’t explored very much.
Maybe it was cheating? I don’t know. But you can read it after the break.
Whoops!
Sorry folks. Today I combined taking a break from schoolwork with doing schoolwork… by which I mean I read Code Name Verity for several hours. It’s really quite good so far, but I don’t have anything else to share with you today. And now it is very definitely bed time. I’ll try to have that horror piece for you next Friday.
“Flash Fiction” In Progress
This is a little piece that I’m writing for Chuck Wendig’s most recent challenge, an X meets Y horror story. I, of course, got Psycho meets The Muppets. We’ll see. I wanted to get some of it done for you today, which is why there’s any post at all, but now I need to go back to doing my actual homework. You might recognize the setting from Trouble Close Behind and Bloody Expanse. Enjoy!
Playing with Monster Stories #2
Last Friday I mentioned that I was trying to write something for Molotov Cocktail’s Flash Monster contest, but that I wasn’t sure I had what I wanted. Well, last night I wrote another thing I enjoy and this time I’ve submitted it. As I said before, if you’re associated with Molotov you should probably wait on reading this. If you’re not, enjoy!
Playing with Monster Stories
So, The Molotov Cocktail has a monster themed flash fiction contest, and I want to post an entry. I’m not sure that this is the piece for me to submit (and, obviously, you Molotov-associated folks shouldn’t read this until later), but it’s the piece that came to me over the course of this afternoon. I hope you enjoy it.
Whoops!
I’m not trying to foster excitement by withholding posts from you (unless you prefer that narrative, in which case I am). I’ve been busy with school and life and both of those things happening at the same time for the past week or so, and so I’m afraid I missed yesterday’s post. I might miss tomorrow’s as well, but perhaps I can salvage that.
On the plus side, I ran a good game of D&D 5e last night for my campaign group that had been waiting 3 months for a session, and I should have a 1st draft outline of a longer Barium Deep piece up here sometime soon. But until then, I’m afraid you’ll have to bear with me and wait. Hasta luego.
Barium Deep Edits
This is the first time that I’ve not written one of Chuck Wendig’s flash fiction challenges since January (with the exception of the times when I’ve been working at summer camp without internet, but even then I think I got lucky and he didn’t post a challenge). I feel weird, honestly. I had ideas for this week’s challenge, but I’ve been so busy for the past few days…
Instead, I offer you the newly edited version of Barium Deep. It hasn’t been deeply revised, and there are more changes to come, but I think I’ve managed to improve the piece’s clarity and presentation. Let me know if you like it!
Fistful of Wits 