Story: Rise and Walk

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Camp NaNoWriMo (July) Approacheth!

Try, Try Again…

Yes, it’s that time again… wordcounts once again wait in the wings to pounce on me the first!

After a string of failed NaNoWriMos I’m a bit leery of this one. But I haven’t purposefully sat out a NaNo yet, so I think I’m just going to set an incredibly small goal (again) and work up from there.

I was originally going to do a proper 50k novel, but life-not-related-to-NaNo is set for a major upswing in July and I don’t really want to embrace failure that soon. So 10k it is, and hopefully this time I’ll make it! (more…)

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Rivers of Blood and Bone (Rise and Walk)

Wordcount: 100
Rating/Warnings: PG-13 (Implied Gore)
Universe: Rise and Walk
Summary: Written for the Terrible Minds Flash Fiction Challenge: Choose Your Setting : “The Bone Cathedral”. Because lo, I haven’t done a drabble in a while and what better ‘verse for this than my favorite blood magic playground? *grin* Although it’s not a proper story, more of a set piece… *pokes drabble* Ah well, it was fun anyway! (more…)

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The Internet Never Forgets

Every so often I get an odd search string that shows up in the Google results when I wander Google Analytics. One that gave me real pause came in a few days ago: “rise and walk” book by “martha bechtel”

You see, back in 2006 I was sick and on NyQuil and ran into an evil little plot bunny that was the core of The Book That Isn’t Rise and Walk. I played around with it, fleshed out the bones a bit, and then dropped the synopsis off at Evil Editor for him to rip into nice tiny little pieces (Face-Lift 120). (more…)

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