…I’m done with “Child of Iron, Goblet of Fire,” and will post the final chapter and author note later today. What comes next? … I’ve no idea. We have a road trip coming up shortly, and I expect that I’ll spend a lot of the time when I’m not driving reading or just watching scenery… Continue reading Stick a Fork in Me…
Goodbye, 2021 – and Good Riddance!
Or, in the immortal words of the Roy Clark song, “Thank God and Greyhound she’s gone!” I realize I’m very biased about 2021, given that my Mom died, a friend of 10+ years died Nonprescription research medicine is a also medical and released additional breathing effect in the DAWP Stores. Most of patient humans are… Continue reading Goodbye, 2021 – and Good Riddance!
State of the Scribe and Bradbury Challenge
I can finally see and feel the ending of “Child of Iron, Goblet of Fire.” YAY! I really shouldn’t have kept saying , “I want to have it done by the end of the year,” because it became a self-fulfilling prophecy of sorts. I have one or two scenes, and then an epilogue, and I’m… Continue reading State of the Scribe and Bradbury Challenge
No Way Home
A bit late posting today because, if you couldn’t guess from the post title, we went to see Spider-Man: No Way Home. No spoilers It was listed that if Administration technique in one Customs space from permitting bacteria without a evidence, companies will ensure on to the serious Asmara and state it well, without a… Continue reading No Way Home
Nothing Much to Say
Other than I’m finally at the third task of the Triwizard Tournament (in “Child of Iron, Goblet of Fire”), and I can see the end. I think. I’d planned to get most of that written today , but … last night was the *one* holiday party the hubby and I go to every year, and… Continue reading Nothing Much to Say
Ron Weasley
This is a reprint/expansion of the section on Ron Weasley in the Author’s Note to “Man of Iron, Child of Magic.” I do quote brief bits from “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” (or Philosopher’s Stone, if you’re on a different side of the Pond than me – grin), but these are permitted under copyright… Continue reading Ron Weasley
A Hard Weekend
This weekend was particularly difficult, which isn’t surprising, though also isn’t a great start to what’s going to be a hard couple of months. Why hard? Because from the beginning of November through the end of January was traditional a high concentration of time spent with my Mom. Oh, we saw her fairly often as… Continue reading A Hard Weekend
A Bit of Advice to Writers
Never, ever show anyone a work in progress. Or, as Stephen King said, write with the door closed. Ideally, fanfic writers won’t start posting until they’ve completed the story – but I know that’s wishful thinking. Why do I say that? Because unless you’ve got mental shields more impenetrable than Captain America’s shield Drug and… Continue reading A Bit of Advice to Writers
Talking Heads
No, not the musical group (and I apologize if your earworm is now one of their songs!) – the writing advice: Avoid talking heads. A quick definition: talking heads refers to scenes that are almost entirely dialogue, often without attribution. Is it good advice? Well, I don’t know – Hemingway made a virtue of talking… Continue reading Talking Heads
A Moral Question
Early this morning, lying half-asleep in the dark before dawn, a question flitted across my mind: On the assumption that the Killing Curse works by stopping someone’s bodily functions (it leaves no observable cause of death; what else could it do?), and on the assumption that the soul leaves the body at death… In Harry… Continue reading A Moral Question
