It's been an interesting day. The weather was suppose to be rainy but was sunny instead so I spent some time out on the deck soaking up the rays and knitting. I've been working a birthday present for my sister. Around 4 pm I heard the coyotes across the street yipping and a'whailing, after a deer or something. Thus began the rush to get all the pets inside and to close the pet door so the dog wouldn't run outside and get into a fight. Shorting after that, back out on the deck knitting was I, when I heard this sound that been bugging this last week. It was a quick rat-tat-tat-tat on something metal. I went to investigate I noticed a flicker pounding it's peak on the metal roof of the shop. Stupid bird. I went back to knitting only to be interrupted by that same sound, only this time the flicker was pounding it's beak against the satellite dish. I usually like to discourage my cat from killing birds, but in the case of this flicker, I wouldn't mind if she caught. After chasing off the flicker again I decided it was time to go inside where nature couldn't distract me. That and the shadow from the house had almost covered the deck, blocking out the nice warm spring sun.
Tomorrow is laundry day, me thinks, them the weekend when I will hopefully meet up with a friend for coffee. But since I haven't heard from all week to get a time and place I'm starting to think I may be in need of finding something else to do this weekend.
Oh yes, I mustn't forget. I got a skein for yarn this last weekend, 45% yak and 55% silk. It's absolutely beautiful and I can't wait until I find the perfect pattern for it.
And speaking of knitting scarves and have an idea for one using the stitch pattern off of a sock pattern my mom found. Might do that after I finish sister's birthday present (which involves making a lace scarf). Thinking though I need to make that lace scarf for myself I've wanting to do. And I started another lacey scarf for myself this week with sparkly yarn. I'm in a lacey scarf kind of mood I guess.
I know this isn't about writing, but the real point was to get myself writing more and if I have to write about my day to do that, then so be it. Maybe next time I actually do a writing prompt like I said I would.
Until next time (whenever that might be),
Garnet
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Sunday, March 6, 2011
I don't know what to write about today
So I thought I'd talk a bit about the book I'm currently reading. It's The Greatest Show on Earth but Richard Dawkins. It's a book about the evidence for evolution, which is fascinating and giving me a much more in-depth information on the Theory of Evolution. The classes that I've taken where evolution was taught didn't have much time to discuss and taught it as fact that you had to accept to pass the class. Not that I had any problem with that but Dawkins is specially trying to convince and prove to you the known facts about evolution. He gives more detailed information so you can understand the theory better.
The writing its self is engaging which is nice since there's lots of technical terms used which can get really dull and boring if not done right. My only complaint is that sometimes Dawkins wanders all over the place and I can't quite follow what he's talking about.
It's a good book and one you should definitely pick up if you want to learn more about evolution.
Until next time,
~Garnet
The writing its self is engaging which is nice since there's lots of technical terms used which can get really dull and boring if not done right. My only complaint is that sometimes Dawkins wanders all over the place and I can't quite follow what he's talking about.
It's a good book and one you should definitely pick up if you want to learn more about evolution.
Until next time,
~Garnet
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Micro Fiction
Today I'm going to talk about micro fiction. What is micro fiction? Well, micro fiction, or flash fiction as it's also known, is a type of fiction writing where you have a very limited amount of words to write a full story, 1000 words or less.
I first came across micro fiction in a college creative writing class. One of the required books was called Micro Fiction and contained stories of 250 words or less. We then had an assignment to write a story in exactly 100 words. I would like to share the story I wrote but I can't seem to find it. I think it's saved to another computer.
From that exercise we did in that class and became more interested in micro fiction and eventually came up with a project for it on my own. It's called 52 Dragons, 52 stories about dragons told in only 52 words each. I haven't finished it yet, but I plan too. So here are a couple on those stories that I have written.
Snout Fire was a bright green medium sized dragon with yellow stripes and an impressive frill. He could spit poison, at least one hundred yards. The brave knight Sir Kevin thought it only ninety yards. He thought he stood at a safe enough distance to save the beautiful princess. He thought wrong.
He was the most feared dragon in all the land, but with a name like Death Fang it was kind of expected. He was huge with glossy black scales and a glare that could melt steel. You can imagine the surprise when they found him wearing a pink feather boa and lipstick.
The thing I like most about micro fiction is the forced limitation. Having to tell a story in a very limited amount of words makes every one of them count. Often times with authors I find their stories too wordy. They could tell the story in half as many pages and it'd be so much better cause they would get rid of all that unnecessary filler and descriptions that don't had anything to the story. Wordiness in story is not always a good thing.
Well, that's it from me today.
Until next time,
Garnet
I first came across micro fiction in a college creative writing class. One of the required books was called Micro Fiction and contained stories of 250 words or less. We then had an assignment to write a story in exactly 100 words. I would like to share the story I wrote but I can't seem to find it. I think it's saved to another computer.
From that exercise we did in that class and became more interested in micro fiction and eventually came up with a project for it on my own. It's called 52 Dragons, 52 stories about dragons told in only 52 words each. I haven't finished it yet, but I plan too. So here are a couple on those stories that I have written.
Snout Fire
Death Fang
He was the most feared dragon in all the land, but with a name like Death Fang it was kind of expected. He was huge with glossy black scales and a glare that could melt steel. You can imagine the surprise when they found him wearing a pink feather boa and lipstick.
The thing I like most about micro fiction is the forced limitation. Having to tell a story in a very limited amount of words makes every one of them count. Often times with authors I find their stories too wordy. They could tell the story in half as many pages and it'd be so much better cause they would get rid of all that unnecessary filler and descriptions that don't had anything to the story. Wordiness in story is not always a good thing.
Well, that's it from me today.
Until next time,
Garnet
Monday, February 21, 2011
Second Post
This is probably going to be short since my stomach's not feeling well. Queasy, queasy.
So writing. I said it'd be writing centric didn't I? So what am I writing? A blog post obviously. But that's not what I mean when I say writing. Stories, novels, limericks? Not actually working on any. I've been in a bit of slump. I tried doing National Novel Writing Month back in November, though. I got 6000 words. And now I can't remember what it was about. It wasn't about Gumdrop the gingerbread man, that was the previous years attempt. Didn't even get to 3000 words that time. What the hell did I write about?
Looked it up. It was a story that had been bouncing around in my head for years. It's about a gnome named Tweezers and the thing he finds. It's an egg, which, once it hatches draws Tweezers into a war he'd rather stay out of. I got as far as the egg hatching, which is quite a bit further then the first time I attempted writing it. It started out as an idea for an Eragon parody. It just wasn't humorous enough for me to get into. Boring actually.
I haven't really written much on anything since then. Some freewriting has been done but no stories have come out of it. It makes me sad. I used to have more ideas then I could write about.
I"m thinking for this blog I might do something like a Writing Prompt Wednesday, where I take a writing prompt I find and write a story. I shall do that this Wednesday and see how it goes.
'Till Tomorrow
-Garnet
So writing. I said it'd be writing centric didn't I? So what am I writing? A blog post obviously. But that's not what I mean when I say writing. Stories, novels, limericks? Not actually working on any. I've been in a bit of slump. I tried doing National Novel Writing Month back in November, though. I got 6000 words. And now I can't remember what it was about. It wasn't about Gumdrop the gingerbread man, that was the previous years attempt. Didn't even get to 3000 words that time. What the hell did I write about?
Looked it up. It was a story that had been bouncing around in my head for years. It's about a gnome named Tweezers and the thing he finds. It's an egg, which, once it hatches draws Tweezers into a war he'd rather stay out of. I got as far as the egg hatching, which is quite a bit further then the first time I attempted writing it. It started out as an idea for an Eragon parody. It just wasn't humorous enough for me to get into. Boring actually.
I haven't really written much on anything since then. Some freewriting has been done but no stories have come out of it. It makes me sad. I used to have more ideas then I could write about.
I"m thinking for this blog I might do something like a Writing Prompt Wednesday, where I take a writing prompt I find and write a story. I shall do that this Wednesday and see how it goes.
'Till Tomorrow
-Garnet
Sunday, February 20, 2011
First Blog
Hi there, Garnet R. Kimzey here and this is my blog. Now whether or not I get readers doesn't matter too much but it would nice. This is my writing blog where I can write about writing or ideas or just write. Mostly I'm trying to get back into the habit of writing everyday so I won't always be blogging about writing because sometimes there's something else on my mind.
About me? Well, I'm using a pseudonym so anything I say about myself may or may not be true. I won't ever say which. Today the "R" in my name stands for Rutabaga. I have a cat who is the cutest and deadliest creature I've ever let sleep on my bed. I have a growing yarn stash which is taking over my bedroom but that's fine with me, as long as the cat doesn't eat it. She likes to eat yarn which is not good for her or my stash. I like watching education shows and cartoons. I especially like cartoons that are educational, like Histeria. I am kumquats. I don't know what the previous statement means which is probably why I like it.
As for what I like to write, besides everything and anything, is stories, usually of the humor or fantasy variety. I plan one day actually writing that novel and getting published. Right now I'd settle for getting a short story published just so I can open that bottle on wine I have on my bookshelf.
I bought myself a Cadbury egg to reward myself for doing the dishes today (I shouldn't have let the kitchen get that messy) and I haven't eaten it yet. It's filled with caramel. Mmmmm, caramel.
Sometimes I get distracted by things, like chocolate. Mmmm, chocolate.
I'm watching My Strange Addictions on TLC. Currently they have girl on who's addicted to eating couch cushions. Makes me feel better about my strange behaviors. Actually, it makes me look down right normal.
There's something wrong with the "k" key on this keyboard. I think something got stuck under it and you have to hit it really hard to get it to type. One of these days I'll fix that.
I've rambled quite a bit haven't I. I don't promise more organized posts in the future. Tomorrow I may actually post something related to writing. But I will be trying to post everyday and if I get any loyal readers I will expect them to hold me to that. Nothing like an e-mail box full of angry letters to get one motivated to update their blog, right?
'Till Tomorrow
-Garnet
About me? Well, I'm using a pseudonym so anything I say about myself may or may not be true. I won't ever say which. Today the "R" in my name stands for Rutabaga. I have a cat who is the cutest and deadliest creature I've ever let sleep on my bed. I have a growing yarn stash which is taking over my bedroom but that's fine with me, as long as the cat doesn't eat it. She likes to eat yarn which is not good for her or my stash. I like watching education shows and cartoons. I especially like cartoons that are educational, like Histeria. I am kumquats. I don't know what the previous statement means which is probably why I like it.
As for what I like to write, besides everything and anything, is stories, usually of the humor or fantasy variety. I plan one day actually writing that novel and getting published. Right now I'd settle for getting a short story published just so I can open that bottle on wine I have on my bookshelf.
I bought myself a Cadbury egg to reward myself for doing the dishes today (I shouldn't have let the kitchen get that messy) and I haven't eaten it yet. It's filled with caramel. Mmmmm, caramel.
Sometimes I get distracted by things, like chocolate. Mmmm, chocolate.
I'm watching My Strange Addictions on TLC. Currently they have girl on who's addicted to eating couch cushions. Makes me feel better about my strange behaviors. Actually, it makes me look down right normal.
There's something wrong with the "k" key on this keyboard. I think something got stuck under it and you have to hit it really hard to get it to type. One of these days I'll fix that.
I've rambled quite a bit haven't I. I don't promise more organized posts in the future. Tomorrow I may actually post something related to writing. But I will be trying to post everyday and if I get any loyal readers I will expect them to hold me to that. Nothing like an e-mail box full of angry letters to get one motivated to update their blog, right?
'Till Tomorrow
-Garnet
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