[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 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 …
The men loved his company as much as they feared and admired and envied him. The women’s love of Jacques was more primal.