This past week was one of the best weeks here in the San Juan Islands, crisp sunny days strung together. Today is Kipling’s 3rd birthday, and I can’t believe she’s not a puppy anymore. Eight weeks after her birth, in early November 2011, Kipling joined Zippy, Ajax The Gray, and Eartha Kitt’n in our home.…
Delayed once more by time, injury (my left knee has been out all summer), and a slow-moving Labor Day, this week’s chapter shares a forgotten moment in Roger Compish’s life . . . how he opened his door to a demon and sank into darkness. I like the film noir atmosphere and character. Maybe it’s…
Another week passes, and another chapter materializes, highlighting more about Frederick Waltzcrop in his secretive enclosure, his death chamber, but not enough to know exactly what he has brewing. I hope you follow his evil path to the end. He’s one of those “larger-than-life” creations that has a purpose, and a reason for everything he…
It’s been a longer time between chapters of A Play Demonic (The Queen’s Idle Fancy) since the last part was double-sized at almost 2,000 words. Soon, next week, the story will pass 20,000 words and inch further into novella territory. This episode dwells on poor Pete “Petey” Quarles, a meth user arrested and released because…
It’s a busy week here on Fidalgo Island, both in real life and for the players gathered together in A Play Demonic (The Queen’s Idle Fancy). A ton of huge milestones have happened . . . Some, like life, hitting the highs and the very lowest of moments as well, a yin and yang. I…
Here is a tiny notice found in the local weekly concerning the Fidalgo Island Theater Ensemble and their spring drama choice. Word is spreading, and members of FITE will be recruiting throughout the winter months. People will be dying for parts to play. Rivalries will blossom. Hope will fade. “We are all demonic!”—QUEEN STORMAG One…
Another week passes and it’s all I can do to get the next chapter to you, faithful reader . . . opening with the first intermission and then Waltzcrop makes another appearance. Roger Compish is being twisted from within and without. I hope you enjoy this chapter. Please let me hear from you across any…
The Play (The Queen’s Idle Fancy) continues, and I’m thinking of changing the title to this and would love to hear your opinion: A Play Demonic (The Queen’s Idle Fancy) — I like spelling out that supernatural forces are at play in the title, that it is a horror story, and that a demon, or…
Once more, the writing angels and demons have been battling throughout the week, and another super-sized edition developed. Here are two scenes. The first where Waltzcrop’s assistants make another appearance, and the second where Waltzcrop acquaints himself with the island’s Mayor for the first time, startling him at his place of business, and, then, haunting…
The longest chapter arrives today in a fitful burst of energy. Roger is relieved to have the copy of the play once more in his clutches, and when he shares it with Sally and Morton, sparks fly. I also loved creating Leonora, who will loom larger as the tale progresses. Writing a weekly serial is…