Today’s blog continues my long-neglected satirical fantasy, In The Land of the Penny Gnomes Will didn’t like the sound of Nobody’s pronouncement. Neither had Sindy, who wheeled angrily toward her father. “And what do you mean by that?” “Hmmm? Oh, well, yes. There is a down-side to every government contract.” “Dad, what did you do?”…
Tag: writing
Why All The Footnotes?
Many of my blog entries contain footnotes which, if read, change the reading experience for that particular post. This past weekend I found myself pondering why I continue to use this technique in my writing 1. The Origins My inspiration for using footnotes the way I do springs from several sources. Terry Pratchett As I…
Fiction Tuesday – Fading Memory
Today’s blog continues my long-neglected satirical fantasy, In The Land of the Penny Gnomes Will stared at Sindy. Up until this point she hadn’t been interested in what Bug and Nobody were up to. In fact, she’d been outwardly hostile to their efforts. But something seemed to have softened her opinion. She didn’t pause after…
Writing Update
As yesterday’s post explained why I write, I thought today I’d take some time to share some updates on what I write. Welcome To The Valleys Since I complete the first/web-draft of Welcome to the Valleys life has exploded. I simply have not had time to sit down with the story and clean it up…
Why I Write
This week on of my regular readers, whose blog you should check out, asked me an interesting question. What got you into writing, anyway? Specifically, she wanted to know because writing fiction is not something typically looked upon fondly by others in “my profession 1.” This got me thinking, and led me to begin with…
Fiction Tuesday – Arsenal Reimagined
Today’s blog continues my long-neglected satirical fantasy, In The Land of the Penny Gnomes The bookshelf was moved far enough by the Professor’s pushes to reveal a stone passage leading down a set of stairs. Nobody bounded into the passage and called back over his shoulder, “Come on everyone, and watch your step!” Bug followed…
