From the monthly archives:

January 2011

Just for Today

by Kirsten on January 25, 2011

Title: Just for Today Word Count: 294 Warnings: None Summary: She asks for one last favor. Author’s Notes: I wrote this back in December for the brigits_flame, and am just getting around to posting it over here. :) “Jon, can you do me a favor? Yes, I know you’re leaving tomorrow. I know you’re not [...]

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A Plot-like Thing Emerges!

by Kirsten on January 20, 2011

Ok, surfacing from holidays and family time with something resembling a plot outline for the Hero’s Journey version of Sabrina’s story. Now, I know everyone creates their plot outlines in a different way. I’ve collaborated with authors whose outlines were closer to what most people would call rough drafts, and I’ve worked with authors whose [...]

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When reading the blurbs on the back cover of this book, I observed two items of note.  One, I had read most of the authors quoted and two, all of them had written books about science intended for public reading.  So when I dug into Inside the Outbreaks, I expected a narrative history along the [...]

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Review – Boneshaker by Cherie Priest

by Kirsten on January 5, 2011

I had intended to read this book along with the first round of the brigits_flame book club.  I say intended, because I tried just about every brick and mortar bookstore in Raleigh before giving up and ordering it used off of Amazon, and then I read super fast to catch up to the group only [...]

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Ridiculous

by Kirsten on January 3, 2011

A new short story to kick off 2011! Enjoy! Title: Ridiculous Word Count: 1000 Warnings: Murder Author’s Notes: This was written for the December mini-contest at brigits_flame, using the Waterhouse painting below as the prompt. I chose this painting because one of the painting’s owners apparently decided to have the skull painted over (second image). [...]

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