Tag Archives: fiction

Another Award!

Posted on February 1, 2012 by

This past November I entered one of my flash fiction pieces, “Gift of the Magi“, into the annual Spec the Halls contest. Well…I just heard back from the contest organizer and it is official…my story won third place! So, coming … Continue reading →

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Review: Have Glyphs Will Travel (The Merkabah Rider v.3) by Edward Erdelac

Posted on January 19, 2012 by

Merkabah Rider: Have Glyphs Will Travel by Edward M. Erdelac (2011) : ISBN 9781615725526 (Damnation Books) Last year I reviewed the previous two entries in this weird-west series, Tales of a High Planes Drifter and The Mensch With No Name. In fact, … Continue reading →

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Top Distractions of 2011

Posted on January 6, 2012 by

So, with 2011 skulking out the side entrance and 2012 boldly stepping forward, we here at the Serial Distractions Monkey Lubrication Depot and Tobacconist Shoppe™ look back at the various books we reviewed last year that still stand out as … Continue reading →

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Losing NaNoWriMo : Or I Learned to Stop Worrying & Love to Write

Posted on December 2, 2011 by

So..this was the third year I attempted the NaNoWriMo challenge (50,000 word novel in 30 days). And I failed. I managed to get a little over 28,000 words and just stopped. There were a couple of factors (illness, a friend’s … Continue reading →

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Book Review Extravaganza

Posted on November 28, 2011 by

I have actually managed to read a metric butt-ton* of books over the past few weeks. So, as a result, I have a ton of stuff to write reviews for. I’m way, way, behind. In an effort to make my … Continue reading →

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