Author: lisahannett

Well well well. Last night we had a fantastic get-together at our Clarion digs, with plenty of great conversation, fabulous food, and copious amounts of alcohol. Gee, can you tell that I’ve submitted my final stories for Clarion?? I stayed up too late, had just enough wine to avoid a hangover, and slept far too…… Continue reading Sat’dy

Today, in a word, has been uber-productive. I finished a draft of Week 6 story #2 (a lightweight one at 1,300 words, which will be a nice accompaniment for my other 5,000 word story). Story #2 is firmly entrenched in Wrongtown, and that’s OK with me. I spoke to the T-shirt company that is going…… Continue reading Staring at a puny screen

…chocolate fondue for dessert, unexpectedly, on a Tuesday evening. Banana and nectarine dipped into melted Mars bars mixed with melted berry dark chocolate. Yum yum yum. (Read: oink oink oink) Is your mouth watering yet?

…that make your stories go into Wrongtown?I’m about 500 words into my second Week 6 story. It’s a pseudo-fairy tale, and for some reason it keeps taking me to Wrongtown. But young girls and unspeakable desire just seem to add up to wrongness when you’ve entered fairy tale land. Or maybe it’s just me.**I don’t…… Continue reading What is it about fairy tales…

I feel entirely neutral about today’s crit, which is a good thing (no heart-wrenching for Lisa — hooray!) I like this week’s story. I got some fantastic (and incredibly useful) suggestions from Trent. He rocks: he is a sensitive and insightful tutor (and a sufficiently devilish reader). All good on the Trent front. And there…… Continue reading Crit day

Brain being blown around by katabatic winds. They’re my new favourite kind of breeze, especially when they occur on the edges of the Mongolian steppes. Stay tuned for Week 6 story #2 to see if this post makes any kind of sense.

Just came back from a lovely dinner at Apt 336–or is that 366–or is that 666?Thanks stephmor, aidandoyle, benjulien, and readerofasaph  for a great feed and for lovely conversation 🙂 Ooh, and I was utterly decadent and had 2 pieces of cake! Oink oink oink ;-)Now time to switch the brain back to story plotting before…… Continue reading Delightful…

I’ve just sent the proofs of ‘Commonplace Sacrifices’ back to the editor, so if all goes well then perhaps the story will appear in On Spec’s next issue — hooray! I’ve done my Clarion ‘homework’ — and let me just say that OMG I love the origami story, Mr North. Mon dieu! I’ve also gone over…… Continue reading Sunday

Week 5 story is drafted! Woo hoo! It’s a fatso at 7,500 words… Will print it off today and see if I can trim it down a bit, but at least it’s done! 🙂 🙂 🙂 Plus, I just did the nerd test and found out I’m an ‘Uber Cool Nerd Queen’ which sounds all…… Continue reading Yeah baby!