1000 Days

The market clamor rises the moment Sehra reaches the top of the step. From the wisps of loud conversation she can pick out it seems one of the fig sellers has done something of note. It’s not her doing, just coincidence. Still the crescendo feels like a cheer. She allows the event to calm her [...]

A ways back I instituted the ‘good paragraph‘. The goal of this new and underused feature was to be the construction of a well written paragraph–creativity would be secondary. The intended paragraph would be frontloaded with a concrete sentence and followed up with related, but likely subordinate thoughts. Such a paragraph would [...]

This is what I’ve gotten so far. I should probably not release this as it will change if I ever get back to it. In case I don’t I wanted something to show for the day….
If you’re interested in the true context of this photo then I’d follow the link. I am [...]

The market clamor rises the moment Sehra reaches the top of the step. From the wisps of loud conversation she can pick out it seems one of the fig sellers has done something of note. It’s not her doing, just coincidence. Still the crescendo feels like a cheer. She allows the [...]

Somewhere here in the next couple years it’s going to be time for me to write a children’s book. Or rather, a series of children’s books destined to become wildly popular for both their authenticity and their unabashed look at femininityism.
We have four daughters. People ask if we were trying for a boy. [...]

This was one of those sorts of things that’s not postable.

It’s been one of those days that is hard to get a hold of time to write.  Since I don’t actively bank time during the day for this task–writing’s important to me, but not at the expense of sitting around on my ass after all.
I’m not going to pressure myself this evening when I can [...]

I recently read a post over at Zen Habits regarding creative inspiration hacks. The guest post by blogger Ben Cook lists five sources for inspiration regarding blogging. Initially I was surprised that he listed ‘Art’ as the last and least likely to consider muse, but he’s talking blogging in the regular sense not [...]

I was writing yesterday–enough to count, but not enough to be finished enough to post here–when I was looking for a word.
I found it in spades and then got lost in this site.  You should too.
http://phrontistery.info/index.html

“Inside. ‘nside. ‘nside. ‘nside.  Get. In. Side.”  Johnka chased Tritti into the empty red tent.  He stumbled to the ground trying not to overrun her with his bulk after she halted abruptly in the entrance.  He just lay there in the sand rather than get up.
“What was that?”  Tritti knelt to help him up but [...]