Writing can be such a solitary activity–you, the blank page/screen, and the inner critic always perched on your shoulder–that it’s easy to forget that writers need community. Fire & Ink III: Cotillion was nourishment for the creative spirit. In a world that prefers that we be neither seen nor heard, to be in a spaceContinue reading “Fire & Ink 3: Cotillion (Austin, Tx)”
Category Archives: Books & Writing
Something Sweet
Erotica Revealed only gave Swing a so-so review but mentioned Just Desserts as one of the stories that shined: Tawanna Sullivan’s “Just Desserts” is a tasty tale of two lesbian couples stranded in the airport by bad weather. It’s a swinging story in the sense that the two couples swap, but says more about theContinue reading “Something Sweet”
Writer vs. Spider
Round 1- about noon: -Something falls on my desk-it’s a spider that tumbled out of the vent above. -Spider, with legs all splayed out, is size of a quarter. It hides under flash drives. -Slightly, freaked out, I look for a way to flush spider out and kill it. –Note: Lysol kills germs, not spiders.Continue reading “Writer vs. Spider”