Mostly Muppet

Not so many years ago (9 to be exact, 1999, the year Jenn and I were married) we saw Matthew Sweet at a now defunct Midtown venue. I’d have to check the ticket stub for the name, but it was just north of 10th on Peachtree, but I digress.
The opening act that night was the [...]

The first Ficlet Friday that went well enough last week so this week’s entry, Shelter, is a welcome addition.
I started with a scene and a definite linear timeline but getting there was more tedious than I had imagined. Total writing time about 45 minutes.
I’ll get the negatives out of the way:

My “voice” is always [...]

So yesterday Will sent out word that a story of his, Griefer, had been published in The Escapist.
It’s heady stuff and I won’t do it the disservice of my glowing, fanboy-ish praise or some cherry-picked pull-quote. I’ll just say that if you’ve ever played any social game - be it online or pen-and-paper or [...]

I gotta say I’m more than flattered by Maigh’s portrayal of my skills, both writing and otherwise. It’s a big responsibility living up to someone else finding inspiration from you.
That being said, I want to disclaim, as Maigh has, that I’m happy.
I’ve been promoted.
Owen started crawling on Wednesday.
It’s Easter weekend and the weather is [...]

Scene
INT Car, occupied by a husband and wife in the front seats and an infant in a carseat and pre-schooler in a booster seat in the back.
It is a gray morning and the young family is commuting to work and school.
Traffic has backed up to a stand-still and the father remarks on the scene in [...]