Fractured Fragment Friday: “Cat and Mouse”

For Fractured Fragment Friday, since I’m currently working on my sixth AND seventh Herc Tom, Champion of the Empire stories, here’s the blurb from the third tale in the series. From “Cat and Mouse”: Major Tom has plans for his leave time: this cat is finally going to get some much-needed R&R with his mates. … Continue reading →

Writing Wednesday: Herc Tom on a Roll

Weekly goals report: 3 blog posts. Stories cycled to market as soon as markets were available. I posted more comments and likes on other peoples’ blogs than I have before. I wrote 2,628 words in six days (still struggling for consistent writing time, but getting closer.) “Cats Out of the Bag” is just over 14,000 … Continue reading →

Meandering Monday about Impossible Dreams

IN MY YOUTH… I listened to a lot of musical theatre recordings (usually original Broadway cast albums) – this was through a combination of my theatrical interests (I was in theatre) and my parents’ musical tastes (It was what played in our house. In those days, music wasn’t so readily available that you could have … Continue reading →

Fractured Fragment Friday: “Nipped in the Butt”

For the second Fractured Fragment Friday, since I’m currently working on my sixth Herc Tom, Champion of the Empire story, we’ll move on to an excerpt from the second tale in the series. From “Nipped in the Butt”: “Sabertooth just passed through to the Quartz sector. Under whose orders?” There was a pause, in which Shadow … Continue reading →

Writing Wednesday: Cats and More Cats

Last week’s goals: 3 blog posts. Stories cycled to market as soon as markets were available. I posted the requisite number of comments on other peoples’ blogs. I’m embarrassed to report that I let my next scheduled release date sneak up on me. I was supposed to publish something on the 21st, and I don’t … Continue reading →

Meandering Monday about Playing Pretend

I used to act (my gosh, it’s been almost FORTY YEARS – I guess that qualifies for USED TO. Time flies…) I enjoyed getting into character – trying to become someone who wasn’t me, in such a way that the character was believable to the audience (and to the other actors, if I could manage … Continue reading →

Fractured Fragment Friday: “Purr Mission”

(this is something new for Fridays, and may become part of my blog schedule going forward. I will begin posting excerpts of my works, obviously a self-serving attempt to interest people enough to go out and buy read the whole thing.) ***** For the first Fractured Fragment Friday, since I’m currently working on my sixth … Continue reading →

Writing Wednesday: Getting Into a Rhythm

Report on last week’s goals: 3 blog posts. Stories cycled to market as soon as markets were available. I posted the requisite number of comments on other peoples’ blogs. I wrote 1,625 words, the total again suffering from NOT writing every day (I wrote four days only.) “Cats Out of the Bag” (Cat #6 now … Continue reading →

Meandering Monday about Diverse Deviation

We’re all different; we’re supposed to be – we’re individuals, not ants. I hope I’m not offending the ants – To be honest, I/we don’t know how individual ants are. There’s probably as much differentiation between individual ants as there is between humans, but they live in a far more regimented society than humans do … Continue reading →

Free-pass, Funeral, and Flag Friday: A Time and a Place

I know – this is such “last week’s news”, but the uncivility is really bothering me. There were two funerals of note last week – Aretha Franklin & John McCain. Notables (or people seeking to be notable) performed in various ways at both. Aretha’s involved a lot of musical tributes; hers was, after all, a … Continue reading →