Posted in Writing, Writing Blues, Writing Rants on October 31, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Oh, boy! My first rant!
Normally, I like to keep the Cafe rant free, but this really got to me, and I realized that it’s better to write about it than go charging out with a pitchfork and torch towards the nearest newspaper stand. That wouldn’t go over well, considering that I’m Christian, black and a [...]
Posted in General Musings, Prayer on October 27, 2007 | No Comments »
Okay, it’s official. October is hearby renamed as “Sucktober”. I’m coining this new word right now. If it ever takes off, you’ve heard it here first at the Cafe.
October has really sucked this year. I’m not going to get into specifics because I didn’t plan for this blog to be a place to moan and [...]
Posted in Weeping of the Willows, Writing on October 22, 2007 | No Comments »
I think I’m going to have to take my Willow Synopsis down.
Last week marked the first edits of Willow…well, if you don’t count the reworking of the first fifteen chapters when I got back into writing it. I officially started my editing by whacking out a supporting character’s plotline. I also started an outline of [...]
Posted in Book Review on October 18, 2007 | No Comments »
So the past couple of months have pretty busy, so much so that I haven’t been able to do my book reviews like I wanted to. Rather than do a long one separately, I decided to just lump them together in a bunch of mini-reviews so I can get these already-read books off my desk.
Hunting [...]
Posted in LaShawn's Work, Short Stories, Writing, tagged Writing, Kaleidotrope, "Click" by LaShawn M. Wanak, "Guy, Sky High" by Edd Vick on October 12, 2007 | 2 Comments »
So the reason why I haven’t been able to go to the Midwest Literary Festival was that our family spent a week up in Cedarville, MI at the Intervarsity Cedar Camp there. Naturally, this meant that once we got back home, we had a huge pile of mail waiting for us. And the first thing [...]
Posted in LaShawn's Work, Short Stories, Writing, tagged fantasy, Kaleidotrope, LaShawn M. Wanak, sci-fi, Short Stories, Writing on October 5, 2007 | 4 Comments »
YEEEEEHAAWWWW! It’s out!
The latest issue of Kaleidotrope is out, and it’s got my story “Click” in it! I haven’t gotten it in the mail yet, but I should soon.
I had lots of fun writing “Click”. I love stories that screw with the reader’s mind. I had no idea this piece will turn into a commentary [...]
Posted in Weeping of the Willows, Writing, Writing Blues, Writing Conferences, tagged Kaleidotrope, Midwest Literary Festival, The Muse, The Muse Online Writer's Conference, Writing on October 1, 2007 | 1 Comment »
October already, huh?
It amazes me how time simultaneously crawls and speeds. When Kaleidotrope sent me the acceptance note for my story “Click” back in April, I didn’t think I could wait until October for it to be published. And now, here it is, October 1, and it feels a little weird.
It’s not just a new [...]
