Category Archives: Family

NaNoWriMo Excerpt: Over The Halfway Hump or Well begun is Half Done

Posted on November 22, 2007 by randomyriad

The Drifter’s Reef Maddy Bolter, dressed in baggies, a plaid flannel shirt with the sleeves cut off at the shoulders, high top canvas basketball shoes and a baseball cap backwards, was 13 and all attitude. Wherever she went, She made … Continue reading →

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Another Piece of The NaNoWriMo Puzzle

Posted on November 20, 2007 by randomyriad

Random glanced back at Karen who had a look of panic and disgust like a frightening mask. He pulled over in a turn out just outside of town and Karen bolted out of car collapsed on her hands and knees … Continue reading →

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The Universe is Forming in My Head

Posted on November 1, 2007 by randomyriad

My story has begun to coalesce into a muddy blur as I prepare to start my novel. There is a vague plan which I am sure will go through many changes. It will be more like trekking through the wilderness … Continue reading →

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A little Woolf and a little White: a Better Day

Posted on October 9, 2007 by randomyriad

“I shall care little for the tastes of this world if the skies are still so glorious. Such expanse and majesty and illuminations, I have never seen, pure air and then such cloud conglomerations.” Virginia Woolf There were such glorious … Continue reading →

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Go To the Light

Posted on October 4, 2007 by randomyriad

My daughter rents old episodes of Ghost Whisperer, a series about a woman who talks with the spirits of the dead and helps them move to the light. She watches them in the afternoon and I sit and hang out after … Continue reading →

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