In my short story The River Lords, I’ve undertaken to give it an admittedly pan-Asian feel. I’m sure my approach would horrify those who know well various ethnographic and geographic details of countries such as China, Japan, Vietnam, the Philippines, and so forth, but the asianesque setting was in my head as I began conceptualizing, …
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4_cf_fZDc0&feature=related] I think–I’m pretty sure–Yeah, it looks like The River Lords could very well be novel material. As I passed the 10k word mark today I felt there was more that could be told…and still be interesting. For fun I decided to search online for clues that your short story is becoming a bigger story. …
Yet another installment. This thing is starting to get away from me (a shade over 10k words for my first draft). Hopefully some deft editing can tighten everything up and keep this a short story. On the other hand… I had pored over the texts, drinking in their meaning like a man dying of thirst …
I had the chance to jump on the Upper Gauley last Friday–in a Shredder no less. It’s the first time I’ve been on it this fall and the first time I’ve done it a Shredder since the mid-90’s. It was as fun and satisfying as I remember. Any time there is a layoff between Gauley …
I found out this morning on my Google Reader (if you read a lot of blogs and don’t have a reader, do yourself a favor and get one) that my flash fiction piece After the Golden Times won Jay Lake’s flash fiction open contest. I’m thrilled. In an earlier post I indicated that I was …
Another chunk of The River Lords for your reading endurement. “You look well, Kaeo,” Akki said, eyes intent on mine. “Is your father about?” he asked. “He’s resting but I can go get him.” Akki surveyed my home, taking in our bamboo stilt house, the dock and father’s sampan floating opposite his as if trusting …
Yesterday I posted about a short story on which I am currently working called The River Lords. Here are a few words: The Hermitage loomed out of the mist to our left as we passed, its shape blending with the silhouettes of ancient trees framing the equally ancient stone walls. Our sampan passed through a …
******************* The Jay Lake contest voting continues. I have to say I’m pleasantly surprised that it’s gone the way it has thus far, but Adrian Faulkner is fighting back with his story “The Salt of Life” (an awesome story, by the way). This has been fun and exciting. The entries are: The Salt of Life …
Focusing on short stories for a bit has done wonders to help me economize my words and write with more clarity
I’ve got a piece on Jay Lake’s blog that is in the final 5 of his flash fiction contest following the voting of Jay’s panel of esteemed judges. I’m thrilled to have made the cut. It’s for the story After the Golden Times, although in the Jay Lake poll it’s untitled (and you can read …