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rambling.effluvium
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You could call this my "professional" blog - where I write about being a journalist, struggling to become a novelist, and at times the issues of being a gay author writing (sometimes) gay-themed fiction. I can't promise I'll always stay on-topic.
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0026. Scrambled signal.
It started with the postman. Jones waved to Mr. Griffin, his aged and grizzled postal carrier, on his way out to the car. Mr. Griffin waved back, said “Mip zoolich gnarrgik!” and moved on to the next mailbox. Jones stared after him, rubb...
0025. Well toodle-pip to you too, Lady Grace.
This snippet actually requires a little bit of a disclaimer beforehand, just to ease the embarrassment. I’m too tired and brain-dead to come up with anything new today (I apparently get back on crazy sleep schedules when Hikaru’s out of ...
0024. Flashbacks.
The doctor snipped the umbilical and held the newborn up for its mother to see. Red-faced and sweating, she struggled to push herself up on weakened limbs, eager to meet her first child. “Congratulations,” the doctor said. “ItR...
0023. Lunchmeat.
“Wh-what is that?” “Oh, that? Just a dragon.” “Just a dragon? …is it one of the good guys?” “Not really, no.” “Then what does it want?” “Most likely to hunt us down, destroy al...
Idling thoughts.
A hard lesson to learn as a writer is to not only stand back and be critical of your own work, but to accept others’ criticism. It’s easy to laud yourself for having the balls to recognize the flaws in your work and try to correct them t...
