image “creature with two heads, one of a wolf, the other human, Woodcut, c.1495” Creative Commons – Wellcome Trust

Well, campers, it’s been a minute. I’m sure you will understand. After caring for and grieving the loss of both of my parents, one after the other, I took a bit of an involuntary hiatus from–well–nearly anything beyond basic survival functions. Those who have had bereavements will understand. At any rate, I’ve been writing again on the quiet for about six months now. My creative engine is still a bit rusty but I’m blowing the dust out more every day.

I am currently entertaining the SciFi “genre.”

Well, inasmuch as I ever stay within one genre. I’m a bit of a monster mash when it comes to that stuff. Interspecially speaking (yeah, I kind of just made that form of the word up–not sorry), I am an outdoor kitty trying to learn to do indoor kitty stuff. Writing rules included. I’ve tolerated their presence but I’ve scratched the shit out of all that tiresome, dense and ephemeral stuff.

I am shopping a novella currently which is in the SciFi genre. “Heart of the Chimera.” It is being reviewed by an editor at a press, having been fished out of their slush pile. That optimistic update aside, it is nowhere near a done deal.

Since November, I have been writing a SciFi series that I fully believe I will be writing for the rest of my life. Its working title is “Dark Matters.” That doesn’t tell you much and that’s cool for now. I’ll let you in on the secret when it’s further along.

I started it as a NanoWriMo challenge piece, and now I’m thinking it will be both a series of books and a television series pilot. It’s a sprawling, world-building tale and it has the legs to carry very long story lines. It’s an excellent playground for me, and it’s helping me to heal. Beyond that, it will remain in my manifold, magical shadows for now.

As little literary snackbites, I’ve been playing with some forms related to haiku. I’m particularly enthralled with the scifaiku form. I think, since I’m learning to navigate little toys like canva, I may experiment with creating haiku memes.

Keep an eye on my facebook page to see these developments. I will include one piece of work here that I created today, just before feeling inspired to dip back into blogging. So I will leave you with my love and just once beg your forgiveness for my many long months of feeling too heartbroken to bleed upon the page.

In peace and in pieces.

When it comes full dark,

glittering with moonlit teeth,

I will catch you up.

LJL