Musical Pencil

If you are in the mood for a crazy twisted tale - check out "Sanctuary with Strings Attached" - live at Flashes in the Dark. I'm not sure where the story came from in my mind, but I do remember having fun writing it - it played out like a Scooby Doo episode sort of thing in my head -if that gives you any clues :) Sanctuary with Strings Attached

New story up at Static Movement. In this story - the "stepmother" or "harpy" represents depression. I used some of the things I learned about Dante's harpies from his poems and combined it with the Greek mythology legends of harpies - then used it as a metaphor for depression. Anyway, it is complicated, but hopefully when you read the story - it will just read "easy". I really appreciate Chris Bartholomew publishing this story. She read it on zoetrope and responded favorably - I felt like she "got it" and so I sent it to her and there you have it. She accepted it and now my story has a home. This is a long one - almost 5,000 words- just so you know :) My Stepmother is a Harpy

3,500 words - on Day #2 of Nanowrimo - so far so good. I'm not reading over what I've written until I cross the finish line, otherwise I'll be slowed down by the edit urge and next thing you know - I will lose momentum and passion for the story. Side Note: I have 5 submissions pending response. FIVE! that's it? Five? I need to submit some stories and poems. If I've been rejected by a market three times, I rarely summon the courage to submit there again. Then I discover other writers are more persistent and don't bat an eye at mutliple rejections and eventually - they get an acceptance. Me, I wimp out - tell myself, "they don't like my writing - so why submit to them again?" WRONG - that particular story may not have been right for the issue they were reading for and I need to toughen up and be more persistent. Yeah, I'm saying it aloud - trying to convince myself. Listen, Paula - your work stands a chance of being accepted -if you subm...

Nanowrimo started TODAY and I managed to write just under 2,000 words. That's a good start, now to keep it up! I think I can - I think I can - I KNOW I can :)