The coffeehouse contest was fun

and I got lots of compliments, one man telling me if I was going to perform at the coffeehouse again he wanted to bring his friends, and the sound gal asking for my number to give to the guy who does bookings. The seven other acts included (in my opinion) one group that was good and everybody else was excellent. I was really surprised to find the only act that I'd have rated merely "good" won first place! So, the judges had some different opinions, musically, than I did.

I got home from that to find that I did win the Torn World assimilated culture contest. I'll provide a link when it goes online; it's currently being discussed by the canon board.

The coffeehouse contest was fun

and I got lots of compliments, one man telling me if I was going to perform at the coffeehouse again he wanted to bring his friends, and the sound gal asking for my number to give to the guy who does bookings. The seven other acts included (in my opinion) one group that was good and everybody else was excellent. I was really surprised to find the only act that I'd have rated merely "good" won first place! So, the judges had some different opinions, musically, than I did.

I got home from that to find that I did win the Torn World assimilated culture contest. I'll provide a link when it goes online; it's currently being discussed by the canon board.

Inspire Me!

I really enjoyed the Torn World Muse Fusion. I wasn't inspired by all the prompts (which gives me a huge amount of respect for ysabetwordsmith , who always manages to write to at least one prompt from each prompter during her poetry fishbowls), but I was inspired by enough of them to do a lot of good work in one day.

So, I still don't know what I'm doing tomorrow.  I might be getting a call to do some temporary work.  Or I might not.  The agency called me just before five to see if I was available, and then just after five to say their client wanted to look at more than one resume, and pick between them.  They hoped they'd get word over the weekend; since they didn't, they'll call me very early tomorrow.

If I'm not replacing some executive's sick secretary all day, I'd like to do a day of intense writing--and I'm inviting you to participate by giving me prompts.

Ysabet usually has one theme; mine is speculative fiction.  Within that, however, specific prompts would be appreciated in the following seven areas (I like sevens):

Music

Eastern

Gender-bending

Traffic

Urban Fantasy

Mages

Antihero

So, you can choose your favorite area, or prompt me in as many of these areas as you want.

My plan is to submit these stories to professional and semipro markets.  If I use your prompt, I'll share the story with you privately.  If anyone sponsors this effort, I'll share all the stories and poems I write from these prompts with you privately. 

And if I do have a temporary day job, I'll still do this, but I'll have to spread the writing time out over a few days.

So please, inspire me!

Inspire Me!

I really enjoyed the Torn World Muse Fusion. I wasn't inspired by all the prompts (which gives me a huge amount of respect for ysabetwordsmith , who always manages to write to at least one prompt from each prompter during her poetry fishbowls), but I was inspired by enough of them to do a lot of good work in one day.

So, I still don't know what I'm doing tomorrow.  I might be getting a call to do some temporary work.  Or I might not.  The agency called me just before five to see if I was available, and then just after five to say their client wanted to look at more than one resume, and pick between them.  They hoped they'd get word over the weekend; since they didn't, they'll call me very early tomorrow.

If I'm not replacing some executive's sick secretary all day, I'd like to do a day of intense writing--and I'm inviting you to participate by giving me prompts.

Ysabet usually has one theme; mine is speculative fiction.  Within that, however, specific prompts would be appreciated in the following seven areas (I like sevens):

Music

Eastern

Gender-bending

Traffic

Urban Fantasy

Mages

Antihero

So, you can choose your favorite area, or prompt me in as many of these areas as you want.

My plan is to submit these stories to professional and semipro markets.  If I use your prompt, I'll share the story with you privately.  If anyone sponsors this effort, I'll share all the stories and poems I write from these prompts with you privately. 

And if I do have a temporary day job, I'll still do this, but I'll have to spread the writing time out over a few days.

So please, inspire me!