I’m pretty serious about finishing up the story I’m writing tonight… but the story seems pretty serious about not wrapping up.
It’s a battle of wits between me and my own story. Continue reading “Struggling to Write”
Author: marylowd
Writing While Watching a Four-Year-Old
*summons the willpower and concentration to tune out the singing socks on Sesame St. and instead work on writing my Tri-Galactic Trek tale*
I’ve failed to tune out the Sesame St… This message is brought to you by the letter W and the number 0, representing my word count. Continue reading “Writing While Watching a Four-Year-Old”
So Much Flash…
At the end of 2016, we had big plans for publishing a lot of flash fiction this year. Well, we have good news and bad news… Obviously, it’s September, and we haven’t published a lot this year. However, that’s because the stories we were going to publish have instead been picked up by other markets — many of them by Daily Science Fiction! Continue reading “So Much Flash…”
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Hidden Intentions
by Mary E. Lowd
Originally published in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, March/April 2017
S’lisha drew a deep, calming breath through her scaly nostrils. She didn’t understand why humans brought their children on spaceships. Her species kept their larval offspring in caves on their home world until they matured and their adult scales grew in. Continue reading “Hidden Intentions”
Visiting the Oregon Air and Space Museum…
The kids think the Oregon Air and Space Museum — a small, eclectic airplane hangar filled with planes and mannequins — would be a good setting for a Doctor Who episode.
The four-year-old likes the planes but is creeped out by the mannequins. The ten-year-old is now completely lost in recounting episodes of Doctor Who. Continue reading “Visiting the Oregon Air and Space Museum…”
Breakfast To You
Four-year-old: “Sometime I would like to say ‘breakfast’ to you.”
Me: “Okay, say it.”
Him: “No, while you’re asleep.”
Me: “You want to wake me up by saying ‘breakfast’?” Continue reading “Breakfast To You”
13th Doctor Reveal
My mom and I agreed last night that whoever spotted the 13th Doctor reveal first would immediately email the other. So I woke up to good news.
I haven’t been this excited for new episodes of Doctor Who in years!
SO EXCITED Continue reading “13th Doctor Reveal”
Teddy Bear Picnics and Sesame Street Songs
Took the kids to a Teddy Bear Picnic this morning. Couldn’t decide which stuffed animal to bring, so I brought four.
The nine-year-old followed my lead and brought four; the four-year-old brought one really big one.
That moment when you try to find the Sesame St. song, “What’s the Name of That Song?”, but get the name wrong and fall into an endless abyss of meta.
Jurassic Park
Showing my kids Jurassic Park for the first time.
Jurassic Park X Ghostbusters X Indiana Jones = Oh, no! I was trying to dig up ancient dinosaur artifacts but then dinosaur ghosts attacked!