I was looking forward to a relaxing summer, but I seem to have been rushed off my feet the whole time. There’s the blog about La Palma, of course, and tour guiding, and helping my nieces practise English, and the current translation, and trying to photograph the fiestas, and the website for Ruido fanzine. Not to mention the housework and paying my son some attention now and then! I got…
For months now, I’ve scarcely touched fiction. I’ve done lots of blogging and translation, and just a smidgen of fiction editing, but no new fiction. Last night I found a website that was asking for 6 word stories. Before I knew it, I’d written one of my own. But by then it was late, and I couldn’t face the rigmarole of registering at the site in order to post the…
I got up at 6 am to photograph the dawn behind this statue of a goatherd, and then the sun came up behind a thick bank of clouds. So this was the best photo I got. There’s a local legend associated with it, which you can read on my blog about La Palma if you’re interested. My story “Agent Hammer: Licensed to Kibble” went down really well at the critters…
Well after the fun and the domestic trivia, I finally got down to some of the stuff I’d planned for my son’s trip. I read through the novel so far, made notes, and found it better than expected. I just need to start fixing the remaining gaps and inconsistencies, a bit every day. It feels good to be back at it again. I sanded down the banisters, and I hope…
“Dear Sheila:Thanks for entering the fifth “On The Premises” mini-contest. We received 48 entries. Yours didn’t earn a cash prize, but was one of three chosen as an honorable mention.” The story is up at On The Premises Mini #5
Yesterday afternoon I went to a party. I wanted to ask a fellow writer there how he manages to write so fast. This is a man who produced a first draft in a couple of months. Then I had such a good time that I forgot all about it. Until he said, “Excuse me, I must go and do some writing,” and disappeared for maybe half an hour. He came…