Category Archives: Field of Words

Writings.

Stone Poem

‘We rocks, we trees will give rise to new words / when you are gone to dust and scattered shards.’ In celebration of National Poetry Month. Continue reading

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The Mountain

Spine of the land thrust up / by the grinding of continents, you signify / the might of the planet. You glow like a lamp in the arctic summer. / Even in winter night do you shine. / You are never dark.’ In celebration of National Poetry Month.

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“Inversnaid” by Gerard Manley Hopkins

‘What would the world be, once bereft / Of wet and of wildness? Let them be left, / O let them be left, wildness and wet; / Long live the weeds and the wilderness yet.’ In celebration of National Poetry Month.

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Itch — 2nd place winner in RAW short story contest

My story ‘Itch’ took 2nd place in Radical Arts for Women’s annual short story contest. You can read it here.

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The Daily Tweets, 2010-03-28: Prizewinner

I guess I won a fiction prize worth $300, though I haven’t been officially informed yet. #fb # Finally did my Alaska PFD application: my very favoritest of socialist programs also enjoyed by Alaska Tea Partiers all over the state. … Continue reading

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A review of my story “Cold” brings up the question: What is LGBTQ literature?

A great review of the Crossed Genres Year One anthology. But for some reason the reviewer can’t figure out why my story ‘Cold’ with its two lesbian characters is labeled as LGBTQ fiction. Hello?

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Writing life: Politics short-term & long-term

There are several cool things I could do tonight of a (contemporary) political nature, but instead I’m going to work on my story involves a different kind of politics, in a society that governs itself by consent.

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Storyminded

Two things bring on storymind tonight: a cool new blog called Science in My Fiction by my pals at Crossed Genres; & the story of murder, an interstellar spaceship, & Lord Shiva that I’m about to start working on.

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Writing life

A writer’s progress report: reading up for the design of Consensus in Cold & Long Dark; work on “Trading Shirts”; revision of “Itch” from Finer.

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The Daily Tweets, 2010-02-15: One of my favorite books!

RT: @BJMuntain: RT @Buffyandrews “I love being a writer. What I can’t stand is the paperwork.” –Peter De Vries # Yay, I have a Solitaire by @kelleyeskridge again, yay! My previous copy got misplaced, good to have it again. One … Continue reading

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