I have gotten a total of 7.5 hours of sleep over the past two nights. As such, I am admittedly a little, um, what’s the term – punch-drunk? What does that even mean? Also, wordpress informs me that I have
Of Turtleducks and Self-Folding Plesiosaurs
To continue our series on strange fictional animals, today I bring you turtleducks and self-folding plesiosaurs. (As evidenced by the title.) Isn’t it interesting how the oddest things catch on? As an example, I like terrible jokes. Jokes like “A
Of Octopi and Landsquid
You may have noticed that I have a small obsession with cephalopods. This is actually a fairly recent addition to my favorite animals. I think I can pretty much guarantee that no child will ever answer “Blue-Ringed Octopus” when asked
In Defense of Fantasy
Why, if you’re not, you should be reading fantasy.
What is the Point of a Writing Blog?
I admit I started this blog partially because a lot of my writing group was starting blogs and partially because, since I’m in the submission stage, I felt the need to admit to myself that this writing thing was something
The Epic Battle Against Short Stories
Any aspiring writer, once they get past the “Oh this is fun” stage into the “Oh, hey, maybe I could actually do something with this” stage, invariably starts reading writing advice. And, invariably, they come across something that will tell
Kit’s Early Works, Part 1
I am aware it is Teaser Tuesday, but I am not yet hip to the whole twitter writing scene and so, for now, I abstain. Well, that, and the fact that I just finished a (second? rewritten first? who knows?)
Delve into the Depths
My mother was telling me the other day how – of the two stories her students wrote for NaNoWriMo last year that she actually read in their entirety – both were more or less rip-offs of other media. Apparently she
