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Posted in 7 days commentary, fiction, writing on Mar 31st, 2009
First time reader? Start here. Back to Part 13 — Forward to part 15 On eating alone at lunch. This is another one of those chapters where what needs to be said about it gets said in the very next post. Furball is alone at lunch for reasons he said before, and reasons he’ll say [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 30th, 2009
First time reader? Start here. Back to Part 13 — Forward to Part 15 “Hey,” Bryan said, setting his tray down across the table from Furball. Furball glanced up at the wolf and forced a small smile. “Hi.” “What are you doing here this late?” It was lunch time, something that, above all else, above [...]
Posted in 7 days commentary, fiction, writing on Mar 24th, 2009
First time reader? Start here. Back to Part 12 — Forward to Part 14 The Advantage of Being a Disappointment I know this is a short chapter this week. This is how it’s going to be from here on, unless the chapters clock in around 200 words. Growing up in the suburbs of St. Louis, [...]
Posted in 7 Days in November, fiction, writing on Mar 23rd, 2009
First time reader? Start here. Back to Part 12 — Forward to Part 14 The thing is, Farly never walked to school. He used to, back in elementary school, and a little ways into middle school. That stopped after a couple of run in with some of his classmates, ones that were in no way [...]
Posted in 7 days commentary, fiction, writing on Mar 17th, 2009
Because Ty and TJ and Farly lost their parents this early on, their sense of family is much more acute, and because it is, they’re more willing to paint what’s “family” with a broader stroke.
Posted in 7 Days in November, fiction, writing on Mar 16th, 2009
First time reader? Start here. Back to Part 11 — Forward to Part 13 Upstairs, Farly and TJ waited at the dinner table. Ty all but stomped up the steps from the basement and slid into her chair. Farly and TJ started to take food from the plates on the table. Ty watched, her shoulders [...]
Posted in 7 days commentary, fiction, writing on Mar 10th, 2009
First time reader? Start here. Back to Part 10 — Forward to Part 12 In which we talk about affection. I’ve talked a little bit before about the Group and their relationship with each other. I think it’d be easy to mistake their affection towards each other as something more than friendship; after all, not [...]
Posted in neat! on Mar 9th, 2009
Testing out the WordPress iPhone app. This is nice so far. Beats going through Safari. Also, I figure I can do like 20 words a minute. Still, I like a real keyboard. This will probably be deleted later. [g]
Posted in 7 Days in November, fiction, writing on Mar 9th, 2009
Bourbon let the cat go and sat back. “I don’t want to be alone right now.”
“I know.” Furball climbed off the bed. “But you’ll be OK.”
Posted in 7 days commentary, fiction, writing on Mar 3rd, 2009
And they like the way a lot of punk bands are politically active, and have a message of some sort. This is important when you’re growing up in a sterile place like the suburbs
