Fly Thru the Chaos

Tag: writing

  • The Wind is High – Chapter 8

    <- Chapter 7 Chapter 9 -> Riley closed her eyes.  It did not help.  The night they left, there had been so much to worry about.  Lissie had struggled with Peach.  Riley never liked riding at night, for fear that they would break an ankle in a gopher hole.  The excitement of running away had…

  • The Boy Detective Fails

    A few weeks ago, I had a compulsion to go to a used book store.  I had never been to that location before, and I only had an hour on my lunch break, so I set off with trepidation. Even though it was only down the road, I looked up directions so as to make the…

  • The Wind is High – Chapter 3

    <- Chapter 2 Chapter 4 -> Riley led her friends to her bedroom rather than the bath chamber.  She opened the heavy door, kicking some boots out of her way.  Riley swept the clothes off the narrow bed onto the other side.  Something hard hit the wall. Lissie moved behind her and began untying her…

  • The Wind is High – Chapter 2

    <- Chapter 1 Chapter 3 -> Riley answered, “No, she wouldn’t let me near her.  She warned me away.  And she told me about—“ Riley turned back to her mother.  “A plague in Kisten.  Mother, have you heard anything about that?”   “The wood is full of mad women,”  Her mother took another bite of the…

  • Novel Announcement

    Andrew and I finished our first novel together.  The name is The Wind is High.  We have worked ourselves raw for six weeks, and yesterday sent the manuscript to the first beta readers.  I am happy to give it to anyone who asks.  I will post the first chapter (the weakest chapter, unfortunately) soon, here.  We finished the first pass…

  • Just Wasting Time

    My husband asked last night if writing our book was “worth it.”   I asked “Worth what?” He said “You know… Our time?”   I just laughed and said “Definitely, our time is worthless!” Which, I know, seems like a flippant response for a moment of vulnerability.  However, I don’t think it’s helpful to give feelings of doubt…

  • Technology In Nature

    Technology In Nature

    My thoughts turned to the interconnectedness of our world today. The opinion of ecologists has long been that humans are an inherently unnatural destabilization of the natural balance. However, when I consider the entirety of the landscape—avoiding the division of structures into categories like ‘non-human’ and ‘development,’ the purpose of destabilization becomes clear. In my…

  • Low-Budget Remake of The Birds

    This morning we woke up after sleeping from about 4-11:00 AM.  I might have been a little hypomanic.  We went over to my parents house, and had lovely collards and black eyed peas and sausage and corn bread.  After lunch we went for a walk.  The weather was overcast and a pleasant 70 degrees.  We…

  • My Picture Book

    Today I’ll tell you the story of how I first was inspired to write a book.  It was the most magical, nearly fully formed idea I’ve ever had, and I am so excited to realize it as well as I can. It starts with the book Big Magic by Liz Gilbert.  Yes, the Eat, Pray,…