Looking back on 2012, I don't think I can point to a single thing that would stand out as a watershed moments. Instead, there are a lot of small memories that I can recall that summarizes my year. Waking up early to write 500 words before work; blearily sitting down on my meditation bench to … Continue reading This Has Been My Year
Chimeral Art: Matthew, by TommiCat
This is an absolutely wonderful surprise I received after writing "Matthew Prepares for His Birth". A good friend of mine, a furry artist by the name of Tommi Cat, slipped this in my inbox a couple of days after I posted. I really love the use of shadow to convey mood, and it's a really … Continue reading Chimeral Art: Matthew, by TommiCat
Sleepwalkers Fiction: The Balance
Prescott's ear twitched as he looked down at the paper before him. He had written words and numbers on it, all laid out in a nice little chart. The source of income or expense in the far left column, and money going into his bank account in the middle one. At the far end went … Continue reading Sleepwalkers Fiction: The Balance
Short Fiction: Expansion of the End
When Preston regained consciousness, his body sang a chorus of pain. He was under something heavy that trapped his right side, and his neck was tilted at an angle that sent a shock of nerves from his cheek clear down to his left hand. He could feel that his face was covered with something hot … Continue reading Short Fiction: Expansion of the End
Short Fiction: No Man’s Land
(This is what I came up with for a Thursday prompt two weeks ago, boundaries. I wanted to return to Matthew from my previous story and see how he was doing after the transformation was complete. This story doesn't end so much as stop, and I'll need to take a couple more stories to focus specifically on … Continue reading Short Fiction: No Man’s Land
Movie Review: Melancholia
Melancholia (2011) Starring Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsborough and Kiefer Sutherland Written and Directed by Lars von Trier Lars von Trier is one of those directors with a distinct, uncompromising vision. You get the feeling when you see one of his movies that every shot is exactly the way he wanted it to look, and every … Continue reading Movie Review: Melancholia
Meditating Everywhere
It's taken me a very long time to understand what meditation is for. When I first started to practice, I assumed that the time I'd spend on the bench was in preparation for something else. By sitting down and counting my breath (one-in-out-two-in-out) my brain was being molded in a way that would manifest elsewhere. … Continue reading Meditating Everywhere
Short Fiction: Matthew Prepares for His Birth
(The Thursday Prompt last week was "forever". That got me thinking about what forever means to us, and how we would never really want something to last forever. People were made to exist in a changing universe, and the drive to adapt is coded in our genetics. That lead me down a rabbit trail and … Continue reading Short Fiction: Matthew Prepares for His Birth
Writing Plan for December 2012
I took a bit of planned time off in November. I have a number of good projects I could be working on, but I thought it would be a good time to close out the end of the year working on fundamentals. I'd like to develop a consistent writing practice, where I'm at least banging … Continue reading Writing Plan for December 2012
Short Fiction: The Beanstalk and the King
(This is just a silly little bit of short fiction that I wrote for a writing challenge somewhere. I ended up really liking the setting and the characters, actually, and I'll probably be working with it in another story somewhere down the road. For now, though, this is a tiny little introduction.) No one knew … Continue reading Short Fiction: The Beanstalk and the King
From the Desk of Jakebe T. Rabbit 