Monday’s Muse: Grace Bridges

Second Site

The Professor sighed, set down his psychology book, removed his reading glasses and shut them in a case. “Come in!” he called, his voice wheezing to a whisper at the end.

Bam! Iron-like fists threw the door open. Its handle chipped plaster from the wall. Anime-style emo hair hung over the visitor’s all-around sunglasses. His black leather coat swished around his feet.

Skillful speculative author Grace Bridges rips these delightfully standard stereotypes inside out. Alternating action and strangeness are punctuated with humourous one-liners and a twist ending for the spiritual win. Now playing at Digital Dragon Magazine.

I understand Grace will also be re-releasing her novel Faith Awakened under the Splashdown Books imprint. I read it and fell in love with it a few years back. Grace’s writerly niche is way outside the box, someplace free and fearless.

Sail Away

Every time I’m getting ready for the lake, this pops into my head.

It’s that song, only better than the original. See, I’m not really here right now. Weather permitting, we’re worshipping at the Church of the Rolling Waves today. This is my joy-song for a sailboat.

This week, I’ve had to make tone choices. Not musical, attitudinal. It seems God sort of grabbed the reins and said, “This is what we’re learning right now.” Continue reading

It’s Great Writing, But

Okay, so I have this short story in draft. And I read it to Dave. And when I do this, I always watch his body language for the exact point when his attention wavers.

That didn’t happen this time. He liked the story. Unusually, (because I’m one of those girly creatures and I’m character-based in approach) what I have this time is a strong action flow and clearly-drawn male characters.

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