Updates
As I’d mentioned in a previous post, I’ve been participating in Clarion West’s Write-A-Thon. As a part of that, I also joined their writing challenge to finish a flash fiction story every week based off writing prompts. I’ve now completed three flash fiction pieces, and hope to complete three more before the Write-A-Thon’s complete.
One of the last prompts was a list of words, where “axolotl” was included. This immediately brought to mind the supremely weird Julio Cortázar short story, Axolotl which I then used as an inspiration. I’m pleased with what I came up with and can’t wait to revise it and get it ready to submit.
After reading my story recently, a friend reminded me about the Blood Sea of Istar (from the Dragonlance Chronicles I’d talked about on Podside Picnic and on my follow-up post). It was a weird moment for me, realizing how this area of Krynn may have wriggled into some unseen part of my mind to later become an inspiration for my writing.
Today, a narration for Pseudopod was released. The Boy In the Mirror by Drew Czernik is the first story in this episode, but all three are great! I had a lot of fun reading this, and I hope you’ll give it a listen.
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