Wordcount: 112 words
Rating/Warnings: PG-13
Summary: Please note, this is currently a very rough draft. There will be spelling and grammatical errors afoot as well as flat out bad writing, info dumps, plot holes, flat out contradictions, and uneven characterization and pacing. (Content is also subject to constant change as I take an editing chainsaw to the story.)
Monthly Archives: July 2011
That Don’t Impress Me Much : School Daze
Wordcount: 319 words
Rating/Warnings: PG-13
Summary: Please note, this is currently a very rough draft. There will be spelling and grammatical errors afoot as well as flat out bad writing, info dumps, plot holes, flat out contradictions, and uneven characterization and pacing. (Content is also subject to constant change as I take an editing chainsaw to the story.)
That Don’t Impress Me Much : Dinner at the Hatching
Wordcount: 415 words
Rating/Warnings: PG-13
Summary: Please note, this is currently a very rough draft. There will be spelling and grammatical errors afoot as well as flat out bad writing, info dumps, plot holes, flat out contradictions, and uneven characterization and pacing. (Content is also subject to constant change as I take an editing chainsaw to the story.)
That Don’t Impress Me Much : Delayed Confrontations
Wordcount: 165 words
Rating/Warnings: PG-13
Summary: Please note, this is currently a very rough draft. There will be spelling and grammatical errors afoot as well as flat out bad writing, info dumps, plot holes, flat out contradictions, and uneven characterization and pacing. (Content is also subject to constant change as I take an editing chainsaw to the story.)
The Day After/Before Camp NaNoWriMo
July Camp NaNoWriMo is over!
Long live August Camp NaNoWriMo!
Well… maybe.
As you can tell by the vast wasteland of posts from last month, I managed to win NaNo, but not a whole heck of a lot else. As an experiment in merging NaNo and Real Life, it was pretty much an abject failure.
Although I did hit 50,000 words. (woo!) Continue reading
Saturday Story Prompts
1. They’re quickly approaching zero, but any probability, no matter how small, is still a chance.
2. Kindness was the most insidious of weapons and he wielded it with the grace of long practice. He made sure they owed him, each and every one, but they were such small favors that no one realizes how far his web had grown.
3. Appearances were everything when it came to making and keeping clients. No one cared how good you were if you didn’t match up to their visual expectations.
4. Archers were few and far between, wood was too precious to waste on arrows. Rocks, on the other hand, were plentiful and the army had no few slingers whose aim made kestrels weep with envy.
5. She could read auras, not as well as her mother or her sisters, but well enough to tell their latest customer was not their average clientele.
That Don’t Impress Me Much : It’s A Trap
Wordcount: 313 words
Rating/Warnings: PG-13
Summary: Please note, this is currently a very rough draft. There will be spelling and grammatical errors afoot as well as flat out bad writing, info dumps, plot holes, flat out contradictions, and uneven characterization and pacing. (Content is also subject to constant change as I take an editing chainsaw to the story.)
That Don’t Impress Me Much : Going Home Again
Wordcount: 702 words
Rating/Warnings: PG-13
Summary: Please note, this is currently a very rough draft. There will be spelling and grammatical errors afoot as well as flat out bad writing, info dumps, plot holes, flat out contradictions, and uneven characterization and pacing. (Content is also subject to constant change as I take an editing chainsaw to the story.)
That Don’t Impress Me Much : Graduation Day
Wordcount: 454 words
Rating/Warnings: PG-13
Summary: Please note, this is currently a very rough draft. There will be spelling and grammatical errors afoot as well as flat out bad writing, info dumps, plot holes, flat out contradictions, and uneven characterization and pacing. (Content is also subject to constant change as I take an editing chainsaw to the story.)
That Don’t Impress Me Much : The Aftermath
Wordcount: 677 words
Rating/Warnings: PG-13
Summary: Please note, this is currently a very rough draft. There will be spelling and grammatical errors afoot as well as flat out bad writing, info dumps, plot holes, flat out contradictions, and uneven characterization and pacing. (Content is also subject to constant change as I take an editing chainsaw to the story.)
That Don’t Impress Me Much : This Was not The Plan
Wordcount: 960 words
Rating/Warnings: PG-13
Summary: Please note, this is currently a very rough draft. There will be spelling and grammatical errors afoot as well as flat out bad writing, info dumps, plot holes, flat out contradictions, and uneven characterization and pacing. (Content is also subject to constant change as I take an editing chainsaw to the story.)
That Don’t Impress Me Much : Shunning
Wordcount: 329 words
Rating/Warnings: PG-13
Summary: Please note, this is currently a very rough draft. There will be spelling and grammatical errors afoot as well as flat out bad writing, info dumps, plot holes, flat out contradictions, and uneven characterization and pacing. (Content is also subject to constant change as I take an editing chainsaw to the story.)
That Don’t Impress Me Much : Welcome to the Academy
Wordcount: 472 words
Rating/Warnings: PG-13
Summary: Please note, this is currently a very rough draft. There will be spelling and grammatical errors afoot as well as flat out bad writing, info dumps, plot holes, flat out contradictions, and uneven characterization and pacing. (Content is also subject to constant change as I take an editing chainsaw to the story.)
That Don’t Impress Me Much : Being Chosen vs. Choosing
Wordcount: 582 words
Rating/Warnings: PG-13
Summary: Please note, this is currently a very rough draft. There will be spelling and grammatical errors afoot as well as flat out bad writing, info dumps, plot holes, flat out contradictions, and uneven characterization and pacing. (Content is also subject to constant change as I take an editing chainsaw to the story.)
Midnight Royal
Make: Breyer
Scale: Stablemate
Mold: Saddlebred (G2)
Color: Dark Purple-bay and Silver Tobiano
Gallery: Tobiano
Medium: Acrylics, Liquitex Dioxazine Purple
Status: Painted 200? and Sold 200?
This dashing gal was modeled after a real horse, as you can see by the reference photos, but was not a custom order. I was trying to learn the tobiano patterns and wanted to work from life as opposed to imagination and this looked like a fun one to try. Continue reading
Cumulus
Make: Breyer
Scale: Stablemate
Mold: Scratching Foal (G2)
Color: Flaxen Chestnut Sabino Overo
Gallery: Other
Medium: Acrylics
Status: Painted 200? and Sold 200?
While I’m not sure if this little guy’s coat pattern could actually appear in nature, it was a lot of fun to paint! He was order as a pair with
That Don’t Impress Me Much : Welcome to Oak Grove
Wordcount: 718 words
Rating/Warnings: PG-13
Summary: Please note, this is currently a very rough draft. There will be spelling and grammatical errors afoot as well as flat out bad writing, info dumps, plot holes, flat out contradictions, and uneven characterization and pacing. (Content is also subject to constant change as I take an editing chainsaw to the story.)
That Don’t Impress Me Much : On The Road Again
Wordcount: 556 words
Rating/Warnings: PG-13
Summary: Please note, this is currently a very rough draft. There will be spelling and grammatical errors afoot as well as flat out bad writing, info dumps, plot holes, flat out contradictions, and uneven characterization and pacing. (Content is also subject to constant change as I take an editing chainsaw to the story.)
That Don’t Impress Me Much : It’s Just Water
Wordcount: 70 words
Rating/Warnings: PG-13
Summary: Please note, this is currently a very rough draft. There will be spelling and grammatical errors afoot as well as flat out bad writing, info dumps, plot holes, flat out contradictions, and uneven characterization and pacing. (Content is also subject to constant change as I take an editing chainsaw to the story.)
That Don’t Impress Me Much : War is Upon Us
Wordcount: 132 words
Rating/Warnings: PG-13
Summary: Please note, this is currently a very rough draft. There will be spelling and grammatical errors afoot as well as flat out bad writing, info dumps, plot holes, flat out contradictions, and uneven characterization and pacing. (Content is also subject to constant change as I take an editing chainsaw to the story.)
Gold Standard
Make: Breyer
Scale: Stablemate
Mold: Paso Fino (G2)
Color: Gold with black tiger stripes
Gallery: Other Color
Medium: Acrylics
Status: Painted 200? and Sold 200?
I love tiger stripes and horses probably a little more than I should, but they look so nifty!
This little gal and Shadowcat both have realistic tiger striping and were fantasy echoes of a pair of realistic Darwin tigers that are still sitting on my workbench six years later. The more I update and document everything, the more I want to add to the tiger-themed herds… Continue reading
That Don’t Impress Me Much : The Second Storm
Wordcount: 528 words
Rating/Warnings: PG-13
Summary: Please note, this is currently a very rough draft. There will be spelling and grammatical errors afoot as well as flat out bad writing, info dumps, plot holes, flat out contradictions, and uneven characterization and pacing. (Content is also subject to constant change as I take an editing chainsaw to the story.)
That Don’t Impress Me Much : Of Hopes and Futures
Wordcount: 420 words
Rating/Warnings: PG-13
Summary: Please note, this is currently a very rough draft. There will be spelling and grammatical errors afoot as well as flat out bad writing, info dumps, plot holes, flat out contradictions, and uneven characterization and pacing. (Content is also subject to constant change as I take an editing chainsaw to the story.)
That Don’t Impress Me Much : Of Mice and Men
Wordcount: 749 words
Rating/Warnings: PG-13
Summary: Please note, this is currently a very rough draft. There will be spelling and grammatical errors afoot as well as flat out bad writing, info dumps, plot holes, flat out contradictions, and uneven characterization and pacing. (Content is also subject to constant change as I take an editing chainsaw to the story.)
That Don’t Impress Me Much : Hatching Day at Pine Reach
Wordcount: 636 words
Rating/Warnings: PG-13
Summary: Please note, this is currently a very rough draft. There will be spelling and grammatical errors afoot as well as flat out bad writing, info dumps, plot holes, flat out contradictions, and uneven characterization and pacing. (Content is also subject to constant change as I take an editing chainsaw to the story.)
That Don’t Impress Me Much : Not the Plan
Wordcount: 1,186 words
Rating/Warnings: PG-13
Summary: Please note, this is currently a very rough draft. There will be spelling and grammatical errors afoot as well as flat out bad writing, info dumps, plot holes, flat out contradictions, and uneven characterization and pacing. (Content is also subject to constant change as I take an editing chainsaw to the story.)
Sonata Sunrise
Make: Breyer
Scale: Stablemate
Mold: Paso Fino (G2)
Color: Orange-Red Dun
Gallery: Solid Color
Medium: Acrylics
Status: Painted 2002 and Sold June 2002
I distinctly remember painting this little gal because I didn’t have any orange horses yet. Orange was one of my least favorite colors, but as you can tell it’s grown on me a bit over the years. Continue reading
That Don’t Impress Me Much : Choices
Wordcount: 392 words
Rating/Warnings: PG-13
Summary: Please note, this is currently a very rough draft. There will be spelling and grammatical errors afoot as well as flat out bad writing, info dumps, plot holes, flat out contradictions, and uneven characterization and pacing. (Content is also subject to constant change as I take an editing chainsaw to the story.)








