Possibly spastic too. Yeah yeah.. haven't posted in a while... blah blah blah. Frankly nothing has been exciting and no progress made on the book. However! Starting tomorrow it's the annual Read an E-book Week. With that in mind, I'm offering Soul of Evil for a measly 1.49!
Yes.. shameless promotion. I do that now and again.
Although... now that I'm making words happen, it dawns on me that I haven't been completely void of writing. My job (yeah, I have one of those.. amazing huh?) has made me focus on writing. See, the kids I work with are reading Hunger Games. I'm the one who went and found the study questions for the book, so it stands to reason I set the rules for the answers on the questions, right? Right! Now, in the past, with other books, there have been a lot of questions for each chapter, so the kids have gotten lazy and in the habit of one word answers that are straight out of the book.
That's not teaching them anything... it's certainly not teaching them to think about what they are reading. So, in an effort to encourage these things, my rule is simple... each question MUST be answered with no less than two complete sentences. When you've only got say five questions at most.. come one... that's easy. To listen to the kids though you'd think I'd asked for the great American novel from them!
Okay.. it's a new thing (though it shouldn't be!), I'll give some wiggle room. For the first nine chapters.. that's 1/3 of the book... I'd give half credit for one sentence answers, because hey I got one sentence. Well... that stopped this past week. Combine that with the first chapter to have one question... Yeahhh... so the one question... That I expect a minimum of 7 sentences! Oh the horror.. the carnage! LOL.. No I'm not their favorite person right now... but I... I'm okay with that... because they are actually writing! Not all of them.. and not always the best... but they are writing!
Saturday, March 2, 2013
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Not mine but...
I don't usually bather on about my kiddo. I'm funny that way. However, the kiddo writes... and seeing as how I'm not getting bupkiss done as far as writing, I'm going to share theirs.
A bit of background. This was written as an assignment today. The class is Junior English 2. They've been focusing on poetry and sonnets and the like. The following is what my child turned in today. Enjoy... comments appreciated.
Beautiful Harm
My Heart in your hands comely tangled,
I'm trapped there in your calloused scornful grasp,
Held captive by those hands I am mangled,
They hold tightly on my vein like a clasp.
I can't escape you or your demanding,
I scream aloud my cries fall on deaf ears,
My will is yours there is no expanding,
You only let go to grab some more beers.
As you grab I proceed to run away,
My heart is jumping from those damn drunken hands,
Now I have escaped I know what to say,
But I go back like all those rubber bands.
I know no one else will love me,
You are my best chance at love with no fee.
A bit of background. This was written as an assignment today. The class is Junior English 2. They've been focusing on poetry and sonnets and the like. The following is what my child turned in today. Enjoy... comments appreciated.
Beautiful Harm
My Heart in your hands comely tangled,
I'm trapped there in your calloused scornful grasp,
Held captive by those hands I am mangled,
They hold tightly on my vein like a clasp.
I can't escape you or your demanding,
I scream aloud my cries fall on deaf ears,
My will is yours there is no expanding,
You only let go to grab some more beers.
As you grab I proceed to run away,
My heart is jumping from those damn drunken hands,
Now I have escaped I know what to say,
But I go back like all those rubber bands.
I know no one else will love me,
You are my best chance at love with no fee.
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Almost Halloween...
Well, here it is almost Halloween and I'm no further along on the WIP than the last time I checked in. Amazing.
However, I do tend to visit many of my characters around holidays. It's actually kind of fun to look at the holiday through the lens of another. For those that have either read Soul of Evil or Tales of Bedlam, or have encountered the characters... well at least Nick... you'll understand why he'd come to mind this time of year. Those that have encountered him in some form or another would assume that this would be a favorite holiday for him... what with the dark and spooky and all. As Nick would say, assuming is tacky.
Dark.. I'll give that. He's a biiiig fan of dark. Spooky, not so much, though he does tend to smile scaring the hell out of someone. No, he's not a nice guy! He actually looks at Halloween from a slightly older stand point. It's a celebration yes, but it's also a time that he tends to reflect a bit. Yes, yes, in that dark broody way.
Of course there is a party and it's true to Nick. Elegant, expensive, classy and with a surprise for dessert. Yes, Nick knows how to dance... sheesh. Yes, people do clamour to attend it. He's oddly popular. Least you think him all dark, let me paint a picture for you.
He'd be dressed in deep green, creams and copper. Velvets and silks. A eye catching sight as he glides easily through the guests, glass in hand. Light from hundreds of candles reflect off his hair and add a sparkle to his eyes. Music playing delicately in the background.
Get the picture? Not the dark, spooky image I'm sure you had in mind.
However, even I cannot see him handing out candy to kids. It's not he has anything against kids, it's that he's not fond of candy frankly. I also have a hard time seeing him attempting to carve a pumpkin. I think there would be a fair amount of hissing and lip curling frankly.
I, on the other hand, am going to be passing out candy tomorrow night. We don't get a lot of kids at my house, so the few that come by will get a handful. The weather and the fact it falls in the middle of the week kinda bone the holiday.
Who knows.... maybe some of the other characters will drop by... I never know.
However, I do tend to visit many of my characters around holidays. It's actually kind of fun to look at the holiday through the lens of another. For those that have either read Soul of Evil or Tales of Bedlam, or have encountered the characters... well at least Nick... you'll understand why he'd come to mind this time of year. Those that have encountered him in some form or another would assume that this would be a favorite holiday for him... what with the dark and spooky and all. As Nick would say, assuming is tacky.
Dark.. I'll give that. He's a biiiig fan of dark. Spooky, not so much, though he does tend to smile scaring the hell out of someone. No, he's not a nice guy! He actually looks at Halloween from a slightly older stand point. It's a celebration yes, but it's also a time that he tends to reflect a bit. Yes, yes, in that dark broody way.
Of course there is a party and it's true to Nick. Elegant, expensive, classy and with a surprise for dessert. Yes, Nick knows how to dance... sheesh. Yes, people do clamour to attend it. He's oddly popular. Least you think him all dark, let me paint a picture for you.
He'd be dressed in deep green, creams and copper. Velvets and silks. A eye catching sight as he glides easily through the guests, glass in hand. Light from hundreds of candles reflect off his hair and add a sparkle to his eyes. Music playing delicately in the background.
Get the picture? Not the dark, spooky image I'm sure you had in mind.
However, even I cannot see him handing out candy to kids. It's not he has anything against kids, it's that he's not fond of candy frankly. I also have a hard time seeing him attempting to carve a pumpkin. I think there would be a fair amount of hissing and lip curling frankly.
I, on the other hand, am going to be passing out candy tomorrow night. We don't get a lot of kids at my house, so the few that come by will get a handful. The weather and the fact it falls in the middle of the week kinda bone the holiday.
Who knows.... maybe some of the other characters will drop by... I never know.
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Just popping in...
The spirit is willing but the flesh... not so much. Frankly with life being what it is I haven't gotten a lick of anything done on Restart. I mean nothing.
I'm now at the point where I look at myself and ask if I am really a writer... or if I just want to be seen that way so badly that I've deluded myself.
Aren't writers... real writers I mean... supposed to like writ frequently? At least every other day or so. That's sure what it seems like it's supposed to be. Me... I have all this life stuff going on... work and family and stuff. I never seem to be able to let my mind relax enough to actually go into creative mode any more.
So.. am I a fraud? Am I deluding myself? Who knows.... frankly at this point, who cares. I suppose eventually I'll get back to the writing... not that there is a major rush... I don't have people beating down my door for my work... hell... sadly my own family hasn't even read my first book.
I feel I'm a ... I dunno what... fraud I guess is the only word. I'm sharing this and it'd be nice if someone out there in cyber-space commented.... maybe gave me some hope or something, but I'm not holding my breath.
I'm now at the point where I look at myself and ask if I am really a writer... or if I just want to be seen that way so badly that I've deluded myself.
Aren't writers... real writers I mean... supposed to like writ frequently? At least every other day or so. That's sure what it seems like it's supposed to be. Me... I have all this life stuff going on... work and family and stuff. I never seem to be able to let my mind relax enough to actually go into creative mode any more.
So.. am I a fraud? Am I deluding myself? Who knows.... frankly at this point, who cares. I suppose eventually I'll get back to the writing... not that there is a major rush... I don't have people beating down my door for my work... hell... sadly my own family hasn't even read my first book.
I feel I'm a ... I dunno what... fraud I guess is the only word. I'm sharing this and it'd be nice if someone out there in cyber-space commented.... maybe gave me some hope or something, but I'm not holding my breath.
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