Month: June 2019

One Less Space

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My latest piece to be featured on 101words.org! This is the fifth time I've had a story published on their site.  I'm actually very pleased as this one was submitted and published all within about a two week time frame.  It might be the fastest I've seen a piece go up.

Of course, I still have a number of stories that have been waiting in the wings for weeks or months.  It's just nice to see one of them turn around quickly and see some success.

OK, enough of my babbling.  Here it is -- One Less Space

Up Next

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Since the last time I posted my current reading titles, I moved on from Elantris (Sanderson) for my Audible title.  I started and finished The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan.  It's the first book in the Wheel of Time series, I think there are only like 74 other books in that series 😉

Believe it or not, even being a fan of epic fantasy, I never really took on this series.  At the time in the early 90's I was reading a lot of David Eddings, Tad Williams, re-reading Tolkien, and others.  I didn't read as prolifically back then either, so this one just didn't enter my orbit.  I'm glad I've finally made it around to this.  It's a very rich world that Jordan has created and I do like it, though it is a slow, long journey.  I'm on to The Great Hunt now, so this one is going to keep me busy for a while.  Each book is around the 30 hour mark of listening.  Lots of time during my commutes to burn through them.

I'm still reading the Night Angel Trilogy and have made it to book 2 in the series.  The book I have is the entire trilogy in one binding, so I'm only at the half-way mark (around 600 pages out of nearly 1200) so it feels like very slow progress.  It's an interesting contrast to Robert Jordan and I kind of like having them both going at the same time.  The pacing is much faster and more focused, which can be a detriment since I usually read it at night and depending on the action going on, I'm given to staying up later than I should to finish a chapter (or three).

I think I need to pick up sometime "light" to add to the list...

Photo Credit: Libby, of course.  She has a very good eye for a scene.  Several of her sunset pictures are really breathtaking.  I liked this one because it just feels warm, almost like there's a fire in the background that isn't the sun.  It's been gloomy and rainy in Ohio lately, so it felt like the sun was needed, if only in digital form.

Dog Poop and Demons

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Isn't that a great title?  Unfortunately, it isn't mine, check out the story - Dog Poop and Demons.

I don't know this author personally or anything.  I get emails from the Medium website and the one that came over today had this title in it.  You have to click the link when you set a title like that.

Without spoiling the story too much, I will say that it involved a Roomba and dog poop.  A phenomena I've encountered first hand.  My story didn't end the same as this one, but it certainly started the same way.

Give it a read, I'm sure you'll get a chuckle out of it like I did.

-David