That's not a Gadget, That's Just Monstrous Use of a Biro

Today is the day the two workshops were due to merge. Time to roll out the red carpet and welcome the dark and sinister reprobates of the horror'shop into our fold. Of course, I was one of those reprobates, but since I only ever subbed one piece to the horror'shop (The Well) I don't think I'm quite as corrupted as the others.

Hope the transition goes well for Ellen and co and that none of the horror crowd scares anyone too badly . . .

. . . at least, not outside their fiction.

If it's a Lesson in Love, Watch Out. I Suffer From a Very Sexy Learning Disorder

Well, Tymmy has been redrafted and posted to the sci-fi, fantasy and horror workshop. Now I just have to wait for the reviews to roll in. One thing that I've learned from this challenge, and I guess that is the real point of the whole thing, is how bloody hard it is to write without being able to fall back on those comfortable visual descriptions. I realise now that I don't know how to describe anything in the other four senses. I kept using 'it smelled' or 'the sound of' or 'it felt' or similar such weak-ass constructs, and when I was looking over it I realised how poor it was. I think I got rid of most of them, but we'll soon find out.

I've enjoyed taking part in this challenge. I think I'd like to try writing something to these rules again, as I've still got a lot to learn. If another idea comes to me, one with as much potential as the one I've just written, I may just do that. My skills could definitely develop further.

Later . . .