Contest Time, Haiku Style

/ February 8, 2011

That’s right, it’s contest time. No, not the 100 follower celebration–The Pie is still at 96. This contest is to write the creepiest, scariest, OMG-I’m-peeing-my-pants-in-fear haiku about the girl from yesterday’s post. How do I write a

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Monday Haiku

/ February 7, 2011

It’s Monday, Lurkdom and while I so desperately want to discuss what you can learn about writing from R Kelly, the day job keeps surprising me. Which is a good thing as that means my job is

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Bad Gothic Haiku

/ December 13, 2010

Remember how back in July I told you about my love of goth even though I laugh at how seriously bad the poems are? It’s time for Round 2. photo © 2009 Anya Driscoll | more info(via:

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My Dip Toward the Dark Side

/ July 23, 2010

While working on the precursor to FALLING TO NORMAL, I developed a character who was totally into the goth scene even though she was entirely too cheerful to fit the trope of “goth.” To better understand her,

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Squirrels = Evil

/ May 28, 2010

You do not fool meSquirrels bouncing like bunniesEvil is inside To continue my squirrel argument, I present a series on running squirrels. First, I want you to know that I really wanted to embed this video to

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