Last week I entered a writing challenge. It works this way: You are given an opening sentence, to which you are supposed to coherently attach one to two hundred words. You post it, and readers can add their comments and give a thumbs-up or thumbs-down. The three highest-rated entries will then be voted on. If…
Month: September 2012
Character Profiles: Guardian Angel
It was at this moment that Peet the Sock Man leapt from the rim of the gully at top speed, his arms spread wide like wings. Janner watched his uncle with awe. His socks had long since fallen away in shreds, cut to pieces by the talons at the end of his reddish forearms. Peet’s…
Review: The Fox and the Hound
The world has its natural enemies, creatures it pits against each other. Wolves and sheep. Farmer and locust. Hunter and deer. The fox and the hound. Disney’s The Fox and the Hound is called a story of friendship. It’s as much a story of enmity, and most of all a story of a confusion of…