Word Lovers has been published, a mini piece of about 500 words. It doesn’t really feature a particular pairing, but the character is female so I listed it as a m/f.

I have a lot of difficulty writing pieces shorter than a thousand words. Most of the problem is that stories that short, by default, tend to not have much of a plot (if any) or a whole lot of characterization. Thus, they don’t truly feel like stories and instead read like scenes or synopses of longer works. Mostly, that’s what they are, technically speaking, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t any good or not worth writing/reading.

In the end, it’s all about creating something bite-sized that ends in a satisfying manner, regardless of whether it can be classified as a “story” or not.

Word Lovers came about because I was specifically trying to write a mini piece. I only had a limited amount of time to write that day so, instead of letting my mind take hold of any extra ideas and run with them, I contained the urge. I’m pretty happy with the result and have been experimenting with writing more minis since then.

Sunday, July 6th: Purest of Intentions (fantasy, mini, m/f) – His scrying has never gone so wrong.

An Indomitable Fire has been published, a fantasy short story of about 4200 words. This story features Bradd and Cerci from Thawing Out and Water Play so you can also go check those stories out to see the first two pieces of their story.

There are a lot of random name generators floating around on the internet. Most are fun to play with but normally never give anything of any real merit. Mostly, I’ll use them when I’m bored and hoping some of the randomly thrown together words might spark something. That’s what happened in this case. “Drum of Ooze” popped up and I instantly thought of Cerci and Bradd and what kind of fun they might have with something like that. They do tend to be my fun-loving, slightly humorous couple.

I’m publishing today instead of tomorrow because I’m going to be out of town tomorrow. The trip extends past next Sunday as well, so instead of attempting to do anything weird while I don’t have access to a computer I’m going to skip next Sunday and begin again the Sunday after. So…

Sunday, June 29th: Word Lovers – They parade, unashamed of their wantonness.