Serendib Writing

Okay, almost 4, so I’m calling pause to the writing marathon. I need to move around some, before I grow into this chair and attach. I’m thinking a few hours of cleaning and other chores, watching some dumb Christmas holiday movie, eat dinner, and then another writing stretch from 7-10 CST. Let me know if […]

Drafting drafting, on a roll! Must stop for lunch, though, and rest fingers. ***** She survived the party too, somehow, the leers and snarky comments of the uncles, the discomfort of the teenage boys dragged to it. Nikisha was careful to steer clear of the kitchen, where Amma and her sisters had soon fallen deep

Drafting drafting. I’m writing a story set in Sri Lanka in 2000 – 2003, which is a little tricky for me, because of course, I didn’t live there then . So I’m going to have to check details of this with local friends from Sri Lanka, see if it seems plausible. I mean, there’s a

Here’s the thing — I don’t actually know what kinds of sounds there’d be at night in the Sri Lankan jungle. It’s so tempting to go off and research that, and I could fall down that rabbit hole for hours. But I have a draft of this story due on Sunday, and it’s just the

I’m supposed to do a 3 minute presentation at my department colloquium today on my research. (It’s a rapid-fire presentation from several of us.) Which is all well and good, but I am totally waffling about whether to cover the spec lit. stuff or the food stuff, or try to do both. In three minutes!