Tuesday Discover Challenge: Memory

Neeka’s morning alarm went off, the buzzing echoing off the walls of the small room as she threw her arm across the nightstand to hit the offending item that dared go off at 6:30 AM. Half asleep, she knocked the broken pocketwatch, hanging on its cheap plastic tree, onto the floor again.  She knocked it…

AtoZ: C is for Celtic Dragon Tapestry by Kevin Dyer

Day three of the A to Z Challenge! Today we have: C is for Celtic Dragon Tapestry This Celtic Dragon Tapestry by artist Kevin Dyer is just gorgeous, don’t you think?  Dyer writes, “This Dragon of wisdom mysteriously contemplates the red rose.”  Woven on a computerized loom, not just printed on the fabric, it’s one of many…

Golden dragon bicycle, photo by Jim Steinhart

This amazing photo of a specialty “Golden dragon” bicycle (circa 1880-1900), made at the Heritage Plantation in California, was taken in Sandwich, Massachusetts by photographer Jim Steinhart. I needed to find a dragon and a bicycle today, since I took my first long bike ride of the season on this beautiful, but super windy, Sunday…

Dragons of the Flight Rising browser game

  So tomorrow’s the big day, when the April A to Z Challenge starts and my alphabetically-chosen dragons take flight!  Look for each to arrive every day (except Sundays) just after 1:05 PM Central Standard Time (GMT -5).  On Tuesdays and Wednesdays, I’ll also be posting my usual Discovery Challenge and Writing Craft posts, but those…

Wednesday Writing Craft: Through the fog…

“Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.”  ― E.L. Doctorow I came across this quote today, and thought it quite aptly described what I’m going through with this Neeka story that’s become my Tuesday obsession.…

Tuesday Discover Challenge: Perspective

I’m pretty excited about today’s Discover Challenge post, because the stars have aligned to get me to post the first bit of story I wrote many weeks ago, that would eventually turn into this whole new Neeka adventure I’m embarking on lately.  I’ve gone back today and heavily edited it, and finished the scene as well,…