I don't have a story yet, but I think I will.
LOVED your Scamp adventure Sara!
Hot sunny day today. Writing and lunch with my daughter are the only things on the agenda.
Lots of coffee please! And lots of cookies!!!
I just resubscribed to Disney+ so I could watch Loki and Winter Soldier. Haven't seen WS, but Loki is SO GOOD! Watching Owen Wilson and Tom Hiddleston banter is really fun. I love the way they are expanding out the Marvel universe.
Thanks for the set-up Larry.
Talia is physically at work again. Sigh. Just me and the cats.
I have an idea for the comp. Don't know if it's a good idea or not. I'll try to flesh it out during my walk today.
Not much going on. The Mets have so many injuries right now they are literally calling up new guys from AAA to pitch every day. Still in first place, but not, I fear, for long.
The Supreme Court just decided that teenagers can drop the f-bomb on Tik Tok. Works for me.
A coffee please, and ALL THE COOKIES! Okay, leave one for Sara and one for that cute lil monkey. NO COOKIES FOR PING!!!
I am on this like Godzilla on Tokyo.
Thanks SS!
Hey everyone.
It's a gorgeous day here. I'm feeling lazy, but plan to caffeinate my way out of it. Gotta write, gotta run errands, gotta tske my walk, gotta keep Talia and the cats entertained and happy! It's so stressful!
We went on an assemble-it-yourself furniture spree on Amazon - I've assembled a dresser and a coat-rack in the last few days. I love following the little pictures, making sure you have the right pieces, in the right arrangement. AND A BOOKCASE JUST SHOWED UP!!!
Clearly, I have work to do. A coffee and a ...wait, WHO STOLE ALL THE COOKIES!?
The One True Ping!
"A friend of mine became a father last night / when he spoke, in his voice, I could hear the light / of the sky in the river, the timberwolf in the pine / and that great jukebox out on route 39" - Bruce Springsteen
Happy Father's Day Dad, amd to all the Dads out there.
Not that I can write micros for sh1t, ut I'd agree with Verity that the last line is the place to start. Good micros seem to all be really tightly structured: plot, plot, plot. You gotta know what you're gonna do before you get in.
Flash--which I like to think I'm pretty good at--are a different beast. The key, for me, is finding a tiny plot point, a small change in a character's attitude or situation, and focus entirely on it. If the plot of a novel goes from A to Z, the plot of a flash is from A to B - just one small step.
Scott, good luck on the micro thing - I think writing micros would GIVE me writer's block, since I find them so frustrating. I did find writing a flash a week, writing the Shards--anyone remember the Shards anymore?--and it really got me into a good rhythm. But I couldn't do it with micros.
Finished a story for the Site That Must Not Be Named. A light edit over the weekend and send it off. They are clamoring for your presence over there, Ping: join us, join us....
Starting a new one today, about a bucolic children's park in the middle of a wholesome, suburban neighborhood. But wait - are those geese by the pond looking at us strangely?
Talia is at physical work today - so it's just me and the cats again. Let's get into some trouble!
Someone pour me a coffee and fling me a frisbee shaped cookie. Wait, they're all frisbee shaped!
Mets win again, but deGrom left the game after three innings. MUCH rather we'd lost and he was healthy.
Finished a story for another site. Quite a departure from earlier stuff. I may or may not post.
Scott, maybe figure out what makes that first bit so good, and center a smaller story around that. I've taken good bits from bad stories and turned them into flash before.
Tired. Coffee and a cookie would be excellent.
The Padres really DID put a number on the Mets. Tatis and Pham are the real deal. On to the Cubbies.
I see infighting is beginning to leak into the threads. I'd love to be able to find a lasting internet home again. A simple thead, people just talking about their day, and maybe talking about writing a little, without animosity or attention whoring. It's exhausting.
Okay. On to the day. Editing the coyote story. I really like it, but it's kind of long and wooly right now. The ACTUAL coyotes I've not heard from in about a week. I think I scared them a few houses down, which is all I really wanted to do. Of course, now there is a family of raccoons in the back yard of the other house, where my daughter is currently living.
See ya tomorrow, everyone. A coffee and a cookie would be swell.
The Mets game has been on for a couple hours, and the question of the day is: can I stay ignorant of the score for the next 8 hours? Seems unlikely, but if i do I'll be watching it tonight. Regardless, the Mets are rolling. Boy that Tatis is a force of nature though. I really like the Padres this year.
Saw The Conjuring 4 (I think that's the right number). Started out loving it, got a little bogged down toward the end, but I'd still recommend it. Seen it yet, Gill?
We finished the first season of Top of the Lake too, and really enjoyed it.
Lazy day. Edit, organise Talia's office for her, grocery shop, pet the cats, take a walk.
Coffee, cookies, and monkey hugs please. Hope your doggo is doing well, Larry.
Hey all.
HUGS
Nice to see all the love pouring out for Stories Space. Let me know how I can help. It's nice to know we'll all probably have a way to keep in touch, and read each other's work. I have nowhere else to talk about baseball! Or fiction!
Speaking of: the Mets got pummelled last night, by (I think) the worst team in baseball. It's so hard to tell if they are any good or not.
Tired. Did not sleep well last night. Slow day. It's nice out. Grilling tonight!
Coffee and a cookie please. Now where's that goofy lil monkey?
I hope things work out for the new site.
