Dec 28 2009

Thorns Have Roses

This was not going to end well. Kakashi slowly lowered his book and glared at the special jounin standing in front of him. Genma was lucky that Kakashi considered him a friend, and that they’d been friends since they were both teenagers, otherwise Genma would have gone through the wall by now. He straightened himself up to his full height.

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Dec 02 2009

Death’s Shadow

Something was wrong.

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Dec 02 2009

Legends Reborn

Merlin felt the entire world freeze as the arrow pierced Arthur’s heart. He wasn’t entirely certain that the world hadn’t frozen, that his magic hadn’t stuck everyone in their place. All he knew was that he couldn’t move, couldn’t think, couldn’t breathe. Arthur’s fingers relaxed, breaking the stillness that had fallen over the area. Suddenly there were more sounds and movement than Merlin could track. None of it mattered.

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Nov 27 2009

Publicity

The entrance to the club was hidden down an alley between a ramen bar and a bookstore. Isaka followed Usami, still skeptical that the younger man knew where they were going. About halfway down the alleyway stood a door, sunken below the street with a short cement stairwell leading down to it. There was no sign on the door. Usami confidently descended down the stairs and knocked on the door, rapping his hand twice on the door, pausing, then knocking once more.

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Nov 26 2009

Literary Seduction

Iruka arrived at the Academy fifteen minutes late, expecting to find his class in disarray. The halls were unnaturally silent as he ran towards his classroom, giving him early warning that something was off even before he opened the door. Twelve pairs of eyes turned to watch him as he slid open the door. He waited for something to fly at him or fall on him but nothing happened. A few of the girls were smiling at him, their hands over their faces to stifle their giggles.

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Nov 26 2009

New Writing Resources Section

I’ve recently developed an obsession with reading writing blogs, so in the spirit of sharing, I’ve added a new section to my site with all of the blogs, articles, and Twitter users that I’ve found particularly informative. There’s advice on writing in general, as well as information on life after publishing and on how to attract and work with agents. I’ll update as I come across more articles (which has been fairly frequent).

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Nov 24 2009

After Hours

The office was quiet. Someone had left a cup of coffee on his desk at some point. It was cold now. He’d taken two sips from it and then forgotten about it, drowning himself in the words on the page and the soft scratch of pen against paper. He only noticed the passage of time by the dwindling noise in the office, each of the voices that usually formed the background noise of his day slowly receding until he was left in silence.

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Nov 22 2009

The Heist

Florian felt ridiculous. He couldn’t seem to stop blushing every time someone looked at him, which seemed to be happening constantly since he and Ray had first walked into the ballroom. Ray had his own little circle of attention, off on the other side of the room, but that was fine for him considering Ray wasn’t the one who had been forced to wear a dress.

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Nov 22 2009

Discipline

He didn’t belong here, stuck in a dusty backroom with dirty sheets and no windows. Edward Elric was meant for fine halls and well-lit parlors. He was used to being surrounded by opulence and luxury and people who fought to please him. He was used to servants and grand balls and being on first name basis with royalty. It wasn’t that he had a particular fondness for that sort of living, he actually found it rather tiresome, but it was the life he’d been born into. There were no refunds.

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Nov 21 2009

Night Out

“Come on,” Axel whined, rubbing his body against Roxas’s.

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