Month: December 2006

I’m watching The Descent.  Right now.  Seriously.  (BTW, I have a short, horror story that won a first place award by the same name.) Okay, I’m about […]

I’m recovering from Christmas.  Sorry for the long silence.  We’re crazy here in the Elliott household.  We do breakfast and dinner.  For. A. Lot. Of. […]

Not so long ago, I wrote a glowing review of a book called The Grim Trixter by Brandy Schwan.  This beautiful and darkly evocative publication […]

One of my favorite perks of WordPress is the ability to see all the search strings that bring people to the Snark.   I hope you […]

Storm Force by Meredith Fletcher What It’s About: Wilderness guide Kate Garrett is having the bad day of the century. The worst storm in Florida’s […]

I’m watching an interesting show on the History Channel right now.  I just spent five hours helping my son finish a project he’d blown off– one […]

Shakespearean Hokey Pokey O proud left foot, that ventures quick within  Then soon upon a backward journey lithe.  Anon, once more the gesture, then begin:  Command sinistral […]

I’ve been working on a piece about the true meaning behind procrastination.  Or, what was behind mine.  This month’s “the Writer” beat me to the […]

Aren’t these great??  I’ve been researching the labrys– the double-headed ax.  It was the weapon of choice for women of Crete.  It has to do […]

I had a great writing day.  Finally got to a point where I can start submitting to my critique group again.  I’m going over the […]