Cadi

What Cowboys Know About Love Louis McKee Last night on the sports channel I watched the rodeo. Those cowboys have it right; the best and the beauty of it. You ...

I'm keeping it simple: aiming for 30 poems, plus optional stretch goal of at least one each day. As usual with NaPo, quality isn't going to come into play here ...

Two down, two to go! How is everyone else getting on?

Seconding Stella's praise of Jane Austen ! I avoided her studiously as a kid, because a) romantic plotlines clashed with everything my tomboy self desired, and b) people told me ...

@Cadi - now I'm a bit sad because everything on your comfort list is something I want to read. But I'm sure you're capable of making something great not on ...

I mean, we can probably MAKE high sci-fi a thing xD More usually the divide is hard/soft, like 2001: A Space Odyssey vs Star Wars . I am absolutely counting ...

Let's do this! My Comfort Zone: -- worldbuilding - extensive "non-fiction" on speculative settings -- speculative fiction (typically with a focus on the mundane) -- short magical realism (typically wi

@Holysocks - I am probably the worst person to try giving advice on "finishing things", but one tactic I am trying at the moment, courtesy of the wonderful Story Hospital ...

Until last year's NaPo, I didn't really write poetry! Then I was strongarmed into spending 30 days writing poems, and it turned out to be kind of fun. I still ...

Some of my long-time favourites have already had some love in this thread - JK Rowling, Robin Hobb, Patrick Rothfuss and Philip Pulman included. Recently, I've been really into Marie ...

@Lareine - I love your three for Melt . The juxtaposition of "the city was a slaughterhouse" with worrying about "proper etiquette" really appeals to me, and as a whole ...

I've only seen the film once, a couple of month ago, so I don't remember it in detail enough for the questions, but I do remember that Clue was absolutely ...

Cadi's Compilation //TODO (If I can make it through NaPo, why not a short story month too?) The section of "I can probably do this": #1 - up to 2000: ...

Disclaimer: I have no idea what's mainstream, because I live under a rock. This is a bunch of stuff read off my bookshelf just now. I'm mega into scifi and ...

Because how else will there be stories about the things I want to see in stories?