Tales from the Raven

Someone I love died today.  This is my tribute to him.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
With my love and thanks.

Hadley Rille Books editor Eric Reynolds has the table of contents up for the anthology.  My name is way down at the bottom–but it’s there.  The cover art looks good, too.
I’m crossing my finger that this means the anthology will be moving forward now.  I want it available by Christmas.

I keep seeing these info blurbs about backpacks.  They’re letting us know that we must choose wisely in picking out a backpack.  It’s important to purchase one that fits the child, is user-friendly, will hold up all year, and is two-thumbs-up functional.
Umm.  Hate to break it to you, but school’s already started for most kids, [...]

The wotf blog has some good info and a couple pictures of the ceremony.  I’ve been keeping an eye on the blog, and it sure sounds like the winners had a great time.
Congrats to winning Gold illustrator Lorraine Schleter and Gold writing winner Stephen Kotowych.  They both seem delighted.
It was great to catch glimpses of the workshop, and [...]

I day or two ago I sent a flash fiction piece over to Every Day Fiction.  I was kind of cringing ’cause it’s only been a couple weeks since my last sale there, but already they’ve bought it!  The story is about an angry apprentice with a water affinity.  Without giving away too much, you could say the kid’s got [...]

You know how people advise that you ‘let go of your baggage’?  Well, I think I may have come up with a new word tie-in to go with that.
Instead of someone dissing on you, they’re bagging on you, or have bagged on you.  Otherwise known as took from their baggage and dumped on you.
Not terribly creative, but [...]

Guess how much this Louis Vuitton purse is selling for.
Guess higher.
And the really crazy thing?  At just over $52,000, it’s by no means the most expensive purse out there, and has an embarrassing lack of diamonds.
This is proof positive that insanity roams freely, and is smiling out from under those sunglasses.

I’ve been reading an analysis written by Belyn Rodgers of Edward Murrow’s Orchestrated Hell.  The radio piece in question was an influential report delivered in 1943 by reporter and journalist Edward R. Murrow.  As a piece of influential rhetoric and effective storytelling the report is interesting to listen to in its own right, but it is [...]

My story ‘Sweet Revenge’ has joined its fellows on the Every Day Fiction September Table of Contents.  It will run on Sep. 9th, so remember to read it and savor a moment of angelic spite.

I have an excellent excuse as to why I didn’t blog all last week.  Really.  And while it would be more interesting to all of you if my excuse involved a harrowing ambulance ride, poisonous jellyfish stings, and at least a hurricane or two…
In reality we had a great time.  Shopped, splashed, swam, savored.  In fact [...]