Author Archives: Alice

The Serialists of November 30th

It’s great to see Ann Pino (Bunnygirl) writing so much lately. Yay! I hadn’t realized the Vince world tied in with the Diana world. I’m looking forward to some good reading. This is the hub for The Serialists, a meme for people who post original, serialized fiction on their blogs. If you have one or more posts you would like for us to read, please put a direct link to the post(s) in the linky. If you are not an […]

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The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart p.97

“Not a guess, no. When I rode in the place was humming with whispers like a smashed harp.” I switched to a Fantasy to keep my head in the right space for my NaNo book. MizB of Should Be Reading hosts Teaser Tuesday. Grab your current read, open to a random page, share a couple of “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page. Go see Should Be Reading for more detail.

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And the Winner of Desperate Duchesses by Eloisa James Is

is Heather! (I didn’t feel like messing with random.org so I had Mr. Al pick a number while he was off in the kitchen doing dishes. He picked five, then he thought HE had won something. Silly man.) Congrats Heather! Let me dig around and see if I can figure out what I did with your address. This is what I get for not having an address book, and for having moved.

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160 – On a Jet Plane

Just like that she left him, got on a plane and didn’t look back. “See you next year,” she told her dad right before returning to college. Monkey Man hosts the 160 Character Challenge. See what you can write in 160 characters or less, spaces included.

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55 – Hunger in the Time of Recession

Oddly, the hunger isn’t of the body, like the starving masses in Africa. It’s in a hollowness of voice as the neighbor says, “I’ve got all this experience in their field, but they still didn’t hire me. The roof is leaking and I’m almost out of food. I don’t know what I’m going to do.” The challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to write a story in exactly 55 words. Flash Fiction 55 is hosted by the G-man, […]

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13 Songs

These are all songs I listened to while writing my NaNo book. Yep, I’m still at it. 1. Not Strong Enough by Apocalyptica

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Suzie’s House 237: To Turn On a Dime Bag

“Whacha doing?” Vin set the remote down and turned his head to watch Ben more closely. The boy scribbled something in one of those miniature spiral notebooks that Vin himself used while on the job. For a boy with no interest in private investigation, it looked awfully suspicious. “Oh. Um…. nothing.” Ben tucked the notebook behind his back, looking guilty as all heck.

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The Serialists for Nov 23

After much adversity, it’s nice to see Ahu and Ahuahu in a pleasant moment. This is the hub for The Serialists, a meme for people who post original, serialized fiction on their blogs. If you have one or more posts you would like for us to read, please put a direct link to the post(s) in the linky. If you are not an author and would only like to read, then please leave a comment. I may feature you next […]

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Chesapeake by James A Michener p.326

Rosalind, who is remodeling her husband’s house, has gone to the home of the local carpenter to see what she might shoot for. She ends up talking to the matriarch of the family. The matriarch, a Quaker, tells Rosalind all kinds of things about the area and about the family she’s married in to, including about her husband’s illegitimate children. “I came to see your house,” Rosalind said as she bade the old Quaker goodbye, “but what I saw was […]

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Fwd: Parrot (for Thanksgiving)

>> A young man named John received a parrot as a gift. >> >> > The parrot had a bad attitude and an even worse vocabulary. Every word out of the bird’s mouth was rude, obnoxious and laced with profanity. John tried and tried to change the bird’s attitude by consistently saying only polite words, playing soft music and anything else he could think of to “clean up” the bird’s vocabulary. Finally, John was fed up and he yelled at […]

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160 – Simple Things

No longer able to speak clearly, she doesn’t say anything, but I know what she’s thinking as the nurse takes her tray away. She’s thinking, “Thank you.” Monkey Man hosts the 160 Character Challenge. See what you can write in 160 characters or less, spaces included.

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Potty

Tonic: Woof. (It’s bad, but I’d rather this than rain.) Gin: Meow. (That’s because you don’t have to dig a hole first.) Today’s theme is Wet/Rain Previously in Jack and Jill: Be sure to visit the home page.

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From Drew to Suzie

Daunting… the things I should have said to you. When I think of you there, alone and me here, alone for nothing but pride…. That’s all gone now; my pride in work, my sense of self worth even my sense of self. If I had stayed, we would be happy now. But now… the thing I’ve become… If I tried to go home now, would you even let me in the door? The challenge, should you choose to accept it, […]

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13 Things I Didn’t Do Today

1. I didn’t find my old copy of Dragon Naturally Speaking. Got a lot of cleaning done while looking, but didn’t find it. 2. Didn’t get my words done. Yet. 3. Didn’t get the brand new copy of Dragon that I ran out and bought to work with the audio file I need to convert. 4. Didn’t remember to write my list until just now. 5. Didn’t quite get caught up with the dishes, but did reduce the pile/mountain. 6. […]

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Suzie’s House 236: The Lurker

Ben couldn’t stand it any longer. He had to write this all down. This, this drama stuff that always seemed to be a part of Gene was better than fiction! Mrs. Audrey would love it. Ben could write it up so she wouldn’t know and….

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