Inspiration from Octavia Butler

“Prodigy is, at its essence, adaptability and persistent, positive obsession. Without persistence, what remains is an enthusiasm of the moment. Without adaptability, what remains may be channeled into destructive fanatacism. Without positive obsession, there is nothing at all.”  – Lauren Oya Olamina in Earthseed: The Books of the Living (read as an epigraph to Octavia […]

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Science Fiction Stories: The Observer (Part II)

Today I am sharing part two of The Observer, my serial science fiction story. Two weeks ago, I introduced Taligunge, the alien observer who comes to Earth, and in this second part, she continues on just that journey.If you haven’t read part one, I highly recommend you check it out right here. And, as always, […]

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Science Fiction Stories: The Observer (Part I)

Drumroll, please! Today, I am introducing first installment of my serial science fiction project, The Observer. As a writer, I have gravitated mostly towards science fiction in the past, and wanted to re-visit my love for it through producing content regularly. So, this serial fiction is coming to you in parts, just like your favorite […]

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CED Roundup: Bears, Knitting, and Growing Ideas

My Creative Every Day hopes this week were somewhat diminished as I found that I had a lot of ideas, but nowhere to go with them – thus, next week’s goal will be implementing those ideas and seeing how it all turns out. The pictures this week reflect my new sweaterdress project at different stages […]

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Project x Project: NaNoWriMo 2010 & On Location: The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear

For those of you who don’t know, National Novel Writing Month occurs every year in November. It’s a time when writers come out of their holes and join in an online race to the finish – 50,000 words written within the month. And I am doing it. Again.I have “won” for the past two years […]

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