The pictures that follow were taking during calmer periods in the storm, through one of the tiny holes in the bathroom shutter. Smallest window, least danger from opening it. On some of the pictures I took, you can see the curve of the holes where I didn’t have the lens lined up quite right. We lost trees, lost power three … Continue reading →
Hurricane Irma, or what I’ve decided to think of as the Okefenokee Wildlife Relocation Plan, now looks like it will start raining poisonous snakes and prehistoric reptiles on the South Florida burbs around eightish tomorrow morning. A bit early for that sort of thing, and the better class of hurricane never calls on a Sunday. Irma is clearly no lady. … Continue reading →
SEPT. 8, 12:01 AM: Holly Lisle For readers of HollyLisle.com, writers at HollysWritingClasses.com (HWC Writers), and folks using the HELP DESK… While all writing classes will remain open, I will not be available to answer questions, reply to comments, or fix problems you may have on any of the sites. My family and I live in Broward County, South Florida. … Continue reading →
TUESDAY UPDATE: I’m not crazy about where this is going… So I spent a couple hours this morning letting folks who needed to know how to stay in touch. Holly’s Writing Classes members: LOG IN then go here, especially if you’re also in the path. I’m not going to be writing an HTWAS lesson this week. Not going to be … Continue reading →
No secret that I haven’t been getting a lot of fiction written lately. Between building and getting the HollysWritingClasses.com website ready to come out of beta, and editing a collection of short fiction by students, and writing a brand-new Version 2 of How to Write a Series, I’ve been working long hours and weekends and I didn’t see where I … Continue reading →
I was diagnosed some years ago with BPPV — Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo. With me, it generally starts with slight dizziness that gets worse over a day or two, becoming so bad that I have to have my husband hold me up to get from one end of the house to the other. There are a bunch of exercises you’re … Continue reading →
After a gruelling two years in which I’ve written very little fiction but have: Built a stellar team of folks to help me run my writing site: Dan Allen – Developer Kirsten Bolda – Site Designer Cat Gerlach & Amy Padgett, Forum Head Moderators Carol Englehaupt – moderator Karen Lynn – moderator Chris Makowski – moderator Tom Vetter – … Continue reading →
I woke up this morning from one of those dreams that seem to go on forever, where there were international spies and murders and I was a writer working on getting a lesson done on deadline, and for some reason, my lesson was interfering with the international spies, who’d sent someone to make me stop writing it. The lessons I’m … Continue reading →
Right now, the world I want to live in is being destroyed in front of my eyes by the people who think they’re saving it. Being different and trying to force people to respect how different you are by agitating for laws to require respect for your difference has become a cause célèbre. Problem is, we are ALL different. I … Continue reading →
I play video games in my free time, and decided to try Far Cry Primal. You start out as a young black male — bit of a shift for me, because I prefer to play as a female when the option is offered. In Far Cry Primal, it isn’t. I mention the race of the MC here because it becomes … Continue reading →
