Story Land Jamboree

Hello, Dear Reader, and fellow Tribe members, I am here to say that I actually accomplished my goal for last week and that was to finish an outline that will help me complete my complication novella -- Pioneer . I did it!! I actually managed to finish the outline with special thanks to a brainstorming session with my dear friend, Shanan. (Insert happy dance here.) Goals for this week: 1. Two posts for the week 2. Write through sections one and two on Pioneer . Each goal brings me closer to what I want to accomplish and the little dialog here helps keep me going Dear Reader. I may be back on later to post some more thoughts on the subject of meeting goals, but until then I thought I post another one of my published short stories. The one I chose is called "A Kid Named Larry" and it was published in December, 2003 in EOTU Ezine (Editor Larry Dennis).  This story is a strange and humorous take on the weird kid at school. I hope you like it. Until the next time we me...

Good evening, Dear Reader, and members of the Tribe, Okay. I have said it before and I will say it again: Writing is HARD. This is why good writers may have a love/hate relationship with it. I may not have posted on Tuesday, as was my goal, but I am now posting for a second time this week. So, I say small victories are good, too. I have made a little progress on my outline for Pioneer . I have found that my natural ability to be distracted, combined with the demands of my schedule, is a huge obstacle in meeting my goals. However, I am going to meet those goals. So will You. Recently, I thought of a poem I wrote called "Whispers," and it made me think of all of You out there who want to CREATE. We will all light the way for each other. I'm going to post that poem here and I hope you enjoy it. In the meantime, remember that life happens (as the cliche goes), but we must not let it take control of us to the extent that our creativity is crushed under the weight of days a...

Hello again, Dear Reader, and members of The Tribe, I began this blog as a tentative effort toward accountability. I wanted to force myself to shake off my natural inclination to be a professional slacker. There are things that I want to do. I want to express myself creatively. I want to share some of these characters, ideas, and stories that haunt me. I want to play in the words and get my hands dirty. But ... let's face it ... writing is fun ... but it's hard work if you want to do it right. So ... I started this blog, but I have not been as regular in posting as I intended. I have a very ... very ... VERY busy life. Still, I usually find that what we spend our time on is where our real priorities lie whether it is by design or simply circumstances. If that is true, then my priorities are: work, school, family, and community endeavors. That is what I spend my time on. What I do for a living takes up nine hours of my day for five days of the week. I have to work to survive...

Good morning, Dear Reader, and fellow members of The Tribe, I have been in the throes of finals projects for my latest college course. (I'm doing online college courses to finish a bachelor's degree in English.) It has hampered me immensely in my efforts to write something other than research papers! Grrr .... Anyway, today, I thought I would entertain You a bit (not to mention prove that I actually have been published) by posting a fantasy short story called "Viridis." It was published online by EOTU Ezine (Clam City Press) in April 2003 (Editor: Larry Dennis). That mag paid some of the best rates I was ever paid ... I was devastated when it closed down! I am going to write today and I hope to check in on you all later. In the meantime, here's "Viridis" and I hope you enjoy it. Feel free to comment. Hugs to You! -- L.A. VIRIDIS By L.A. Story He watched her rise as he did every morning since the day after they met. In the dark bedroom, t...