A crime occurs linked to the US Navy and a single NCIS team investigates. A body is probably involved. Ducky, the coroner, will make some remark likening the situation to some historical titbit or trivia since he is WAY old and death is icky. Since Ducky is so old he is also wise and knowledgeable, but … Continue reading Somewhere, sometime, on NCIS…a preview of every episode ever
Random Short Thoughts
Two Cents on Game of Thrones
I'm no expert on Game of Thrones, as I've seen exactly one episode and have never read the novels upon which it's based, so you can take or leave my comments. What has led to this post is one comment on twitter, which seemed to spark some debate. This is my response. The positives: I … Continue reading Two Cents on Game of Thrones
First words of a green eyed girl
This is a story and the story is mine. It may explain why I’m interested in telling stories. It may even explain the title of this blog and why there were certain people in the world who once thought I could never have had a blog or a story published, or perhaps even a job. It's why … Continue reading First words of a green eyed girl
Smokin’ out the facts on getting your story straight
The thing I was bothered most about while re-watching Alien recently was how, in the middle of space, on a ship with finite resources and processed oxygen, people could casually sit around smoking cigarettes. While smoking is legal it's not sensible and MOST ESPECIALLY IN SPACE. I guess in space no one can hear you wheeze. My main problem with … Continue reading Smokin’ out the facts on getting your story straight
International English I
I love the English language. It’s so greedy and eager. It's eroding and growing in equal measure. It’s absorbent and ever evolving. I've enjoyed marveling at how pliant it is and how it's changed and how it will keep changing, as everything does. English reflects both cultural and physical influences and it's use so much about … Continue reading International English I
How I Knew
It came to me recently. How I knew I was a writer. All the time things happen, good and bad, happy and not so much. And the first thing I'm prompted to do when things happen is write. I think about doing, but I'm not a surgeon or a soldier or a builder or much of … Continue reading How I Knew
When Sequels Attack II
Buffy the TV show was a reboot and it was successful as it took what worked from the original film, which was basically the title, and built on it. Pretty much the TV program changed the direction of and created a compelling mythos for what was a forgettable film with an interesting premise and little … Continue reading When Sequels Attack II
2011 – we’ve got some work to do
Now we're gettin' someplace It's been a good writing start to 2011. I've had a short story published in Ricochet Magazine (edition two) in January, a very short story accepted by Capsule Fiction and a different one awaiting editing at another journal, plus my first post published about reading and writing as well as a second article accepted about what … Continue reading 2011 – we’ve got some work to do
A Year in the Making
So, been blogging for 12 months now. I'm not as prolific as some and seem to be a tiny fish in the blogging ocean but I'm still here and enjoying it. I've discovered a slight obsession with the behind the scenes statistics of it all, which would surprise certain of my highschool maths teachers no … Continue reading A Year in the Making
Janudreary
So since my last post I've driven through a locust plague. I could feel them crunch under the wheels of my car as I drove along. They rose in clattering clouds along the road sides and slammed into my windshield so they cast locusty shadows on the dashboard. Sometimes they bounced up over the roof with a dry … Continue reading Janudreary
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