http://quasiverse.today.com Fact and Fiction, Today and Tomorrow Tue, 10 Feb 2009 15:08:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en “I never figured you for the type,” she said when I didn’t answer. “What type?” I asked. “The vigilante type.”  She stretched and yawned.  “But hell, what do I know.  I’m no judge of character.” “What are you talking about?” I pressed, suspicious at the voice’s silence. “What are you talking about?” she countered.  ... http://quasiverse.today.com/2009/02/10/a-jinx-in-the-ecosystem-0104/ It was my second year at college, but I hadn’t managed to become a sophomore.  Scott was a “big man on campus,” a junior, athlete, hotshot, popular and connected.  He had Western Lit right after me, and I often saw him in the Language Arts building. And from the first glimpse, ... http://quasiverse.today.com/2009/02/08/a-jinx-in-the-ecosystem-0103/ The van is stolen, and a few blocks from the bank we abandon it.  Zed’s van, left parked by the strip mall, is a cargo model, windowless in back with ratty seats salvaged from other vans.  I have the foolish idea the hostage will be left with the stolen van, ... http://quasiverse.today.com/2009/02/04/a-jinx-in-the-ecosystem-0102/ The shotgun blast is a metallic roar that slams off granite in a ringing wave as the pellets pepper the composite tiles above. Now it’s very real.  Armed robbery and illegal discharge of a firearm within city limits.  I’d been hoping we could keep our pending charges to a minimum, but ... http://quasiverse.today.com/2009/02/02/a-jinx-in-the-ecosystem-0101/ Although I got off-track with my projects, I am getting back in gear.  Today is the day that The Quasiverse Today gets the attention and progress that I shamefully did not give it over the weekend ... I also know that I should buckle down and write whether or not I ... http://quasiverse.today.com/2009/02/02/the-big-day/ I got another 3k words done yesterday, and nearly five thousand words done today.  After so many false starts and so much frustration it’s more than a relief, it’s like rediscovering a part of myself I thought was lost forever. The story has really taken off, and I found myself surprised ... http://quasiverse.today.com/2009/01/29/twists-and-turns/ I haven’t been able to get much writing done lately – that is, I have been toiling daily at my fiction, but most of what I have been producing I am disgusted by the next time I look at it.   Today, though, I told myself I was going to start fresh ... http://quasiverse.today.com/2009/01/27/a-good-day/ I’ve always been a fan of horror – vampires, zombies, the occult, all of it – in part because I am not a fan of people in general.  Any story that deals with most people being dead gets my vote (I loved The Stand by King so much I even ... http://quasiverse.today.com/2009/01/26/creating-the-quasiverse/ Sometimes the inspiration for a story is as simple as seeing some one who seems a little out of place. Like last autumn, when waiting for the bus downtown, and a man walked past headed for the courthouse. A brisk day, and most people were dressed for the ... http://quasiverse.today.com/2009/01/25/an-inspiration-to-write/ I’m psyched – there’s no other word for it. :) In the next few days there is so much work ahead, setting up this new online home for the Quasiverse – but like the writing itself, it is a labor of something very much like love. I hope to be able to ... http://quasiverse.today.com/2009/01/24/welcome/