Dictionary Stories 2010-01-14

Each day was a struggle as we made our way up the mountain. We climbed up and up. Our pace each day was fairly relaxed but we continued up. Sleeping on the mountain side was scary. I was afraid that I might roll over suddenly and plummet to my death. I found myself wondering that if that where to happen would I wake? Or would I just dream I was falling and never wake again.
So me made it. After four days we arrived at the summit. We looked down at the glorious landscape. The mountains stretched far and we could imagine we were the only humans on the planet. As I looked I was suddenly struck by the thought; the view from a helicopter would have been better.

Dictionary Stories 2010-01-13

"Dabbed it down where?" James asked.
"Now if I knew that it wouldn't be lost now would it?" Peter said.
"Good point."
Peter began looking feverishly around the room. He checked under the sofa, the table, the television cabinet, the chair. He rummaged in the draws, check under the bed and then the microwave.
"Now why would it be in there?"
"I've checked all the places it should be so have to," James paused with his had down the sofa. He pulled his hand up and there was the key. He waved his fist in brief triumph.
"Well done," James said.
"Thanks. I just wish I could go as high as I go low."
"What do you mean?"
"When I lose something I panic. Even thinking I've dropped it on the street when I know I had, whatever it was, a few moments ago. I panic even if it's something trivial."
"So you wish you could be as disproportionately happy as you are paniced?"
"Yes."

Dictionary Stories Supplementary

"Cab has been smashed in pretty good," Detective Inspector Davis said.
"While that may be true we still need to find out what happened!"
"Yes, Chief Inspector."
They looked at the lorry again abashed. It had been traveling along the motorway on Christmas Day - there had been little to know tragic. Somehow it had crashed afferently into thin air. The cab was smashed but other than that there was no damage around it. The driver had been moved to the hospital in critical condition. If he woke from the coma he might be able to tell them more.
"I think you should look at this sir," Davis called the Chief Inspector over. He was holding a small red piece of metal. The Chief Inspector looked to the white truck and scratched his chin.


*Author's addendum - Seven lines was stated in the introduction - however they are only seven in the editor. The line limit will now be abandoned.*

Dictionary Stories 2010-01-07

"Baba is ready," Shelia said.
"What?" Julia said, "I thought you were making a sponge."
"It's a type of sponge."
"Oh," Julia said sheepishly.
The cake had been left to stand for a while and Julia took it to the table. She placed it next to: sausage rolls stacked on a plate, crisps piled in a bowl, sandwiches of various sorts in rings on plates. At that moment the doorbell rang and the first guests had arrived.

Dictionary Stories 2010-01-06

'A' is a difficult word with which to begin a story. It does not stand alone and any word could be made to follow it. If I begin by saying 'a chicken crossed the road' is that not then a story of a chicken? So why not instead make this an introduction to what will follow. These will be the Dictionary Stories. I will go through my dictionary over the course of a year and write a story for each letter. For interest sake I will do a 'A' story, then a B and so on. I may exclude a word here or there but all these stories will be six lines like the six lines you've just read. Any betting on how long I will keep these, seven lines now, stories going?

Writers's Blog 2010-01-01

Writing in 2010 seems somehow strange. 2001 still sounds like a futuristic date - though that might have something to do with Arthur C. Clarke. Happy New Year! Hope you all had fun last night and that you can remember it!

So a new year new writing. I have realised that I am not a reviewer. I've been trying to write a review of this DS9 episode and its just not working. So I will leave this to others who do it better. As to Rolling Shadows that requires something of a rewrite. I will follow my brother's example and try to work on it every day of this year. If I work like he is I will have a long novel by 2011.

Uploading chapters as I go is not a good idea. So instead I will endeavour to write every week. I'm thinking of using my dictionary and writing a story with every word - maybe a few exceptions.

Well I have work I should be doing.

"And so it begins" - various.

Writer's Blog 2009-12-09

The day after tomorrow is the title of a movie from some years back but that's not important right now. It's also the day when I fly to Nepal.

I'm travailing with my family and it will be a very long day. The traveling, which will consists of a couch, a plane and probably a taxi will last longer than twenty-four hours. It'll include a six hour stop over in Qutar.

I'm resonantly sure that this will be a fun experience and I hope to be able to put a couple of posts up whilst away.

As to Rolling Shadows - that's a bit of a wrinkle. I'm sorry I haven't uploaded in a while. I've been working on university stuff. However over the holidays I shall be working on the novel and hope to soon upload a chapter. My new year's resolution will be to do less university work - I seem to invent work when not issued it!

So all that remains for me to say is;

Happy Holidays!

"as Tiny Tim observed, God bless Us, Every One!" Charles Dickens - A Christmas Carol