Uh… Oops ~blush~
Okay, so I fell off the wagon, and instead of waiting, the darn thing ran off and left me here. So… Let’s do this. JUNEBUG! Since I left off on 5/20, that leaves the rest of those days for stories. … Continue reading →
Mai Madness: Fenton and Kilasha, Chapter 6
This is for Dawn, who is about to become a Mamma. She kept pestering me to write more of this story, so here you go, Mamma! (Have Not-the-Mamma buy you some ice cream for you!) To catch up, here’s where … Continue reading →
Mai Madness: “The Rescue” Chapter Two: Into the Woods
This story continues one I wrote for March FADness last year, called “The Rescue.” Fernando came awake to a heavy weight against his chest and stomach, as though a jack collapsed and let the car fall on him. He tried … Continue reading →
Mai Madness – New Job, Suicide
This prompt is a lot darker than the ones we’ve been looking at recently. The job here is to use the setting to establish a mood. The object is to use the same setting, but in one make it from … Continue reading →
Mai Madness – Horror Story
This prompt explores atmosphere. Horror stories do this very well (we all remember “a dark and stormy night,” right?); so the idea is to play with those images and see what we can come up with. “The Silent Ones” Susan … Continue reading →
Mai Madness – Birth and Death
This prompt asks us to consider the same situation, but once from the perspective of a dying character, and then from the perspective of a birth. It was interesting what came out of the keyboard; this is one of those … Continue reading →
Birthday Project
Happy birthday to meeeee! (Actually, my birthday is May 8th, but still…) I received some money for a gift and took myself to get a Bucilla needlepoint kit. I didn’t realize this, but Bucilla is now owned by Plaid Online, … Continue reading →
Update on Opera Gloves – Design Challenges
In designing my opera gloves, I am using a couple resources. The first is the stitch dictionary by Barbara Walker, A Second Treasury of Knitting Patterns. Additionally, I did a web search for a few different opera glove designs, but … Continue reading →
Mai Madness – Setting – Opening and Closing Scene
The purpose of this assignment is to use setting to establish the opening and closing of a story. Setting can lead to Story, frame it, and sometimes be the purpose of it. By doing these exercises (this one and the … Continue reading →
Mai Madness – Man Against Nature – Setting
The object of this exercise is to understand how to use nature settings effectively. We are to describe the setting of a man-against-nature story, using as much detail as possible. “Mount Shasta” Mount Shasta is not dormant. It’s one of … Continue reading →