This sixth and final assignment was to write a piece of flash fiction. I mentioned in an earlier post that my professor didn’t want genre fiction, but a few of my classmates had written things about aliens so I went back to my preferred fantasy […]
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My Gabriella Moment
Now we’re onto assignment5. For this one, we had to choose one of our previously written scenes and expand them into a story. You can see the development of my grasp on my character from this first scene, to the second which I rearranged and expanded […]
Perception is Everything (When Helping The Blind)
The same event can look differently to different people, especially if one of them is visually impaired.
A Fish out of Water
“I’ll be fine.”
I think I will, anyway. It’s easy to say with him looking so proud and confident in me. But I know when I get there, step up to the mic, open my mouth…
Ginelle, A Character Portrait
The stillness of anticipation is punctuated by shouts of encouragement:
“You got this!” “Yaas, Ginelle!” “Breathe!”
Cassius, A Character Portrait
This assignment was a two parter. We had to create a character portrait, one about a person we knew and the other made up. This one is made up, I used two characters from a current project and reimagined their story. My professor didn’t want […]
The Spymaster
Hiya readers (I have to come up with a nifty name for you guys like the Menders or something), It’s been just under a year since last I posted and I do apologize. But have no fear, I’ll be back soon with a characteristically rambly […]
day 14, Switzerland:Last Day and Final Observations
My final (full) day in Switzerland dawned bright and hot. We didn’t do Milan as planned, but it was nonetheless a fun time. We returned to the city center, searched for souvenirs, had lunch in a floating house and, through it all, I managed not […]
Day 13, Switzerland, I tried the Bidet…
This one’s dedicated to Lizzy, who wanted “all of the details”. On the first day here, after receiving the house tour, one of the first things that stood out to me was, that, in the bathroom there was a bidet. From a distance, it looked […]
Days 11 and 12, Switzerland: Chocolate… and Castles
A castle made of Swiss chocolate sounds like a great souvenir to bring back home. *** During the Aztec empire, chocolate was used as an offering for the emperor and gods. It was first brought over to Europe by Hernan Corté, the first Spanish conquistador […]