Yup, head over to Skullduggery & Madness for another Friday Flash Fiction.
Sorry I've been offline quite a bit lately, I have actually seriously been banned from writing... even emails... and I've been staying offline so I won't be tempted... my arm is really bad right now.
That being said... yes... another flash fiction... come play along!
Friday, January 31, 2014
Happy 4711th Chinese New Year!
Last year was the year of the (yin/fire element) Black Water Snake, now it's the year of the (yang/fire element) Green Wood Horse!
If you're curious, or simply want to kill a bit of time, you can check the wiki page to find out which animal you were born under, or to be really detailed (seriously, the longitude of where you were born?), you can go here.
Also, the Huffington Post put out an article where you can check how this year will affect your zodiac animal (apparently I have to watch out for love-triangles O_o). To waste even more time, you can scroll down through this site to find out your lucky numbers and all sorts of other things.
Oh, and interestingly enough, the Lantern Festival (always on the 15th lunar day of the Chinese new year) falls on Valentines Day this year!
I bet Chinatown and Richmond will be in full-out party mode! I'm definitely going to check the local events calendars to see what fun things are going on...
Anyone celebrating Chinese New Year, or the Lantern Festival?
If you're curious, or simply want to kill a bit of time, you can check the wiki page to find out which animal you were born under, or to be really detailed (seriously, the longitude of where you were born?), you can go here.
Also, the Huffington Post put out an article where you can check how this year will affect your zodiac animal (apparently I have to watch out for love-triangles O_o). To waste even more time, you can scroll down through this site to find out your lucky numbers and all sorts of other things.
Oh, and interestingly enough, the Lantern Festival (always on the 15th lunar day of the Chinese new year) falls on Valentines Day this year!
I bet Chinatown and Richmond will be in full-out party mode! I'm definitely going to check the local events calendars to see what fun things are going on...
Anyone celebrating Chinese New Year, or the Lantern Festival?
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
I needed to read this
With the emotional exhaustion and the frustration of my arm not working/in pain and being banned from my computer (...I know, I'm such a rebel...), I needed to read this today.
Nothing is wasted.
Yeah, that's a good thing to remember/believe.
Happy writing to everyone out there :) I'm planning to pick something out (one handed) in a few days for Flash Fiction Friday...
Nothing is wasted.
Yeah, that's a good thing to remember/believe.
Happy writing to everyone out there :) I'm planning to pick something out (one handed) in a few days for Flash Fiction Friday...
Friday, January 24, 2014
New Flash Fiction Friday
Head over to Skullduggery & Madness, play along, and have fun!
You know how I love reading flash fiction... and I was so happy a few of you wrote delicious flash fiction for me to drool over and feast upon.
Mine will be up within the next few hours, as per usual :)
I've been in Chilliwack all week, helping for the convention coming up in May, and I'm heading home later tonight. Don't tell my physiotherapist I've been using my computer non-stop for 3 days, and wow can I feel it... kinda like slamming your finger in a door... but imagine it being your entire arm -> shoulder joint to finger tips.
(oh, and I sketched phalaenopsis orchids with my left hand... surprisingly, not bad...)
Among other things, this week I've designed and put together a 30 page program/booklet. Of course there are still many empty/template pages, especially for ad space. There'll also be a memorial page for my deceased Nana as she was really involved in the Porcelain Artists of Canada guild.
Seems those rusty marketing-monkey skills are still usable, at least for things like this. BUT, although I love my Mac... Pages is so not a great program to be using for something like that... I need to get the Adobe suite, 'cause freaking page numbers? REALLY??? Does it have to be this hard to put freaking page numbers on a dual-page, legal-sized folding booklet...? I felt like I was back in the stone ages editing text boxes and lining them up individually on ever...single...freaking...page... even after copying/pasting, I still had to edit their attributes individually so I could move them to the margins!
Anyways, have a great weekend!
...and seriously, come play along for FFF :) I am hungry! Feed me flash fiction!
You know how I love reading flash fiction... and I was so happy a few of you wrote delicious flash fiction for me to drool over and feast upon.
Mine will be up within the next few hours, as per usual :)
I've been in Chilliwack all week, helping for the convention coming up in May, and I'm heading home later tonight. Don't tell my physiotherapist I've been using my computer non-stop for 3 days, and wow can I feel it... kinda like slamming your finger in a door... but imagine it being your entire arm -> shoulder joint to finger tips.
(oh, and I sketched phalaenopsis orchids with my left hand... surprisingly, not bad...)
Among other things, this week I've designed and put together a 30 page program/booklet. Of course there are still many empty/template pages, especially for ad space. There'll also be a memorial page for my deceased Nana as she was really involved in the Porcelain Artists of Canada guild.
Seems those rusty marketing-monkey skills are still usable, at least for things like this. BUT, although I love my Mac... Pages is so not a great program to be using for something like that... I need to get the Adobe suite, 'cause freaking page numbers? REALLY??? Does it have to be this hard to put freaking page numbers on a dual-page, legal-sized folding booklet...? I felt like I was back in the stone ages editing text boxes and lining them up individually on ever...single...freaking...page... even after copying/pasting, I still had to edit their attributes individually so I could move them to the margins!
Anyways, have a great weekend!
...and seriously, come play along for FFF :) I am hungry! Feed me flash fiction!
Friday, January 17, 2014
AAAAAAAND... I'm back?
Sortof? Maybe? A little bit in the interim?
My first Flash Fiction Friday Challenge is up @ Skullduggery & Madness. Come join the fun... please?
I still don't have the mental/emotional fortitude to leap back into the marathon that is 'novel', but I can whirl around in the flash-fiction playground a little, maybe dangle upside-down off the monkey-bars and pretend to surf on the teeter-totter...
Also, my physiotherapist* has officially banned me from drawing, painting, or writing with my right arm for the near future... so picking out flash fiction one-handed... expect that they're going to be short.
As usual, mine should be up later today, so come by, play along, and feel free to offer comments/criticisms!
Oh yeah, and this is my 500th post... W00T!
(sorry, that was probably annoying...)
WOO-HOO!
(better?)
* I'm pleased to say, "Wow, your shoulder was completely adhered to your neck when you came in, but now I'm getting a little bit of movement!", and, "I can finally feel individual ribs under all the scar-tissue!" are milestones of my current progress. And nerve-flossing? Waaaaaay more boring than it sounds... but still super useful :) I figure, I'll be crazy happy if I'm given the go-ahead to paint again by May, when the convention is.
My first Flash Fiction Friday Challenge is up @ Skullduggery & Madness. Come join the fun... please?
I still don't have the mental/emotional fortitude to leap back into the marathon that is 'novel', but I can whirl around in the flash-fiction playground a little, maybe dangle upside-down off the monkey-bars and pretend to surf on the teeter-totter...
Also, my physiotherapist* has officially banned me from drawing, painting, or writing with my right arm for the near future... so picking out flash fiction one-handed... expect that they're going to be short.
As usual, mine should be up later today, so come by, play along, and feel free to offer comments/criticisms!
Oh yeah, and this is my 500th post... W00T!
(sorry, that was probably annoying...)
WOO-HOO!
(better?)
* I'm pleased to say, "Wow, your shoulder was completely adhered to your neck when you came in, but now I'm getting a little bit of movement!", and, "I can finally feel individual ribs under all the scar-tissue!" are milestones of my current progress. And nerve-flossing? Waaaaaay more boring than it sounds... but still super useful :) I figure, I'll be crazy happy if I'm given the go-ahead to paint again by May, when the convention is.
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