I am neck deep in non-fic work, plus a tutoring gig teaching conversational English. It has been a long and very busy week. This is Good For Me, because it seems the busier I am the more productive. I have edited up to Chapter 10 of “Athena’s Promise” (working title) and I’m happy about that. [...]
Continue reading about Fabulous Fiction Friday – The Last One Standing
…there was a group of writerly friends — you know the type. Friends who had aspirations to literary greatness. One of these friends had the brilliant idea of posting three words as a prompt every day, and those participating would write 100 words of an ongoing story incorporating those three words. The friends thought that [...]
Continue reading about Once Upon A Time…Fabulous Flash Fiction Friday
The only excuse I have for not getting to this review sooner is – life. Things have been really hectic in Netta-land, but when The Desert Spear by Peter V. Brett hit the shelves in April of this year you can bet my ample behind was in my favorite Borders, getting me some of that. [...]
Continue reading about The Desert Spear by Peter V. Brett – A Review
I wasn’t sure I’d get to post this, since the website is still acting wonky and I don’t have the time to work it out. Money first, yanno…and I’ve been fortunate to have non-fiction work to pay my bills and, not so fortunately, eat my time. However, I was challenged by a dear friend – [...]
I looked up from sweeping the floor in the cavernous warehouse, and saw something I never expected to see. Something that made me rub my tired eyes and wonder if I had been smelling too much solvent. Sure enough, it was a cowboy leading a horse and I could have sworn something about him was [...]
This has been a crazy-insane work week. I’m not complaining, but it really has cut down on fiction time and I HATE that. Sometimes, as we all know too well, it’s not the work that interferes but the muse. She has this annoying habit of sticking her nose in when you’re most involved in other [...]
Continue reading about You Can Call Me Al – Friday Flash Fiction
This piece was inspiration for the WIP (now working on Chapter 22, can you say hallelujah?), but more for the “voice” than the actual story, although one of the characters does make an appearance, and their storyline is slated for one of the books in the series (did I just say “series”?? Someone call the [...]
It’s #FridayFlash! Check out the link for even more flashy goodness and visit the House of Archives. Please visit these talented writers, and leave some comment love if you are so moved. This is a very talented bunch, and you’re sure to find something that speaks to you. Enjoy the scenery. **** I wrote this [...]
Continue reading about A Dichotomy of Hearts – Flash Fiction Friday
I had to pull this out of the vault, because I’ve been buried in work this week. While this is a good thing, it meant I couldn’t devote time to fiction. *Sniffle* This story was a result of a writer’s prompt. I love prompts — some of my best work has come from them. Don’t [...]
Continue reading about Wickedly Smooth — Friday Flash Fiction
Fresh out of high school with a crappy fast-food job frying chicken, flipping burgers, and moonlighting as a giant dancing hamburger on Saturdays to entice children and their hapless parents to partake of Grease and Fat Wrapped In A Bun, life should have sucked, but somehow didn’t. Although, all my giant hamburger costume did was [...]
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