(Hey, Friday fiction is back! I'm sure you were waiting avidly for this. 🙂 I've been wanting to write a superhero story for the longest time, so I thought I'd make a serial of it. Written in the style of a personal journal, because why not?) October 18thAll right, so grandma gave me this really nice … Continue reading Friday Fiction: An Origin Story (Part 1)
Category: Furries
Book Review: Forests of the Night by S. Andrew Swann
S.A. Swann's first novel -- the beginning of a thematic trilogy -- is set in a (by now) near-future America. It's a 1990s cyberpunk-ish future, actually, where future-tech is still wired and location-based, the nation's cities are in decline, and a world war involving nuclear weapons don't necessarily mean the end of civilization as we … Continue reading Book Review: Forests of the Night by S. Andrew Swann
Rainfurrest 2013: Seattle Grunge
Last weekend I headed up to Seattle for the annual ode to anthropomorphics in the Pacific Northwest, Rainfurrest. It's a really nice convention, and it's positioned itself well -- in the crowded furry con landscape, I don't think there are too terribly many events in September. It's also one of the only conventions that makes … Continue reading Rainfurrest 2013: Seattle Grunge
How Our Writing Gets Better
There's a bit of an ongoing kerfluffle in the furry writing community about critics of stories and the role they should play. From my admittedly limited experience with the subject, it seems like the argument has been broken down into two camps. Some folks feel that furry literature should be subjected to the same standards … Continue reading How Our Writing Gets Better
Friday Fiction: Unstable Future Snippet
(The Clarion Write-A-Thon fundraiser was...unsuccessful, to put it mildly. I wasn't able to drum up any donations for the workshop and subsequently my will to follow through on writing Unstable Future plummeted. I didn't actually write much of it at all during the write-a-thon, and to date have raised no money for Clarion. I'm still … Continue reading Friday Fiction: Unstable Future Snippet
Clarion Write-A-Thon 2013 is a Go!
I feel like I'm failing at the whole fundraising part of this thing because I haven't talked it up nearly enough, but that will change starting today! As I've mentioned before, I'll be participating in this year's Clarion Write-A-Thon, where my goal is to write 25,000 words of "Unstable Future" by the time it ends … Continue reading Clarion Write-A-Thon 2013 is a Go!
Interesting Times
Last week was fairly interesting. Over the weekend I knew almost immediately that something was wrong with me, so I told my boss I'd work from home on Monday to make sure I had everything I needed on hand; I've been dealing with an ongoing health issue that's easier to manage from home. So I … Continue reading Interesting Times
Friday Fiction: The Dinner
(The final -- and longest -- bit of fiction for the Unstable Future universe so far. Next month, I'll move on to a different setting to get a feel for those characters. Here, we have that first date for Abernathy Jones and Jonathan Quinn (name subject to change later). What I wanted to do here … Continue reading Friday Fiction: The Dinner
What I Believe
Over the long weekend I watched two very different movies that touched on the same theme. One of them was a religious drama written and directed by Robert Duvall, a true passion project if ever I saw one. It was called The Apostle. The other was very much a product of its time -- a … Continue reading What I Believe
Friday Fiction: Farmer’s Market
(Sorry about skipping the AFI Top 100 review for this week. I took a crack at it and just hated what I wrote -- it sounded needlessly defensive and unworthy of the subject material. I'll try to make it up to you guys with a twofer next week, so stay tuned for that! For now, … Continue reading Friday Fiction: Farmer’s Market
From the Desk of Jakebe T. Rabbit 