Still Working on My Novel

Current status: editing and drafting novel #6!

AJ Niblock

  • G.U.S.

    This story was inspired by a painting created by Biz Boston, my sister. It hangs in my home office. I see it every day, and I often make up stories for how this gorilla ended up with a flower sitting on a bench. __________________________________________________________________________________________________ When I arrived at the zoo, the zookeeper thought the delivery… Continue reading

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  • March Prompt

    Last month’s prompt was just three words: Arthurian, Invention, and Priest. What I came up with was the story Sir Gawain and the Priest. The story that evolved was an epistolary short story. This is my first attempt to write a story entirely in letter form. I really enjoyed the outcome. I feel like I… Continue reading

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  • Sir Gawain and the Priest

    Sir Gawain,                                                                 You do not know me, but I am writing to request a favor. You do not know me so I cannot hope that you will grant a request of a total stranger, but I require your aid. It is a matter of life and death. Before I ask my favor, I would… Continue reading

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  • Join in the fun!

    One of my friends has decided to join me in writing a short story every month, and she is using the prompts I am creating. Read her January story here on her blog: http://jenniferclarkwriter.blogspot.com/2015/02/january-prompt.html. I find it intriguing how different our stories are from the same prompt. Want to join in the fun? Join us… Continue reading

  • February’s Prompt

    My January story is posted. You might be wondering what prompted the story that emerged. I honestly don’t know. I didn’t write from an outline like I have in the past. Instead, what I did is every time I sat down to work on it, I just wrote what came to mind. The process ended… Continue reading

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  • Photo in the Hall

    Photo in the Hall

    “Please tell me that is a disguise,” I said to my twin, Everett, as he walked into our office. He had the most ridiculous mustache I’ve ever seen. Which answered my question about what he did while I was on a three-month tour of South America. After our last case, I took a vacation. It… Continue reading

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  • January’s Prompt

    As I said in my first post of the year, my goal is to write one short story a month. For the sake of a guideline, I am going to use the following reason to set a length for my short stories. The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America specifies word lengths for each… Continue reading

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  • 2014 is Over!

    I haven’t posted since March…. And I haven’t written creatively for a long while now. Life has been very busy this year. What have I been up to? I moved! All the way from Hawaii to Pennsylvania. It was a long process, and to be honest, I still feel like we’re settling in at our… Continue reading

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  • 4 Book Review of Hannibal Lecter Series

    Last month, I read all four of the Hannibal Lecter series by Thomas Harris. I admit that I have seen most of the movies before I read the books, and recently, I watched the first season of the show Hannibal. The reason I decided to read these is that I was wondering why Hannibal is… Continue reading

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  • Review of the Nebula Awards Showase 2013

    Every year I try to read the Nebula Awards Showcase anthology. If you don’t know, the Nebula Awards are given for Science-Fiction and Fantasy Writing. I look forward to the collection every year. And last year, I started ordering the older copies from Abebooks.com. (I love that site). I almost have every year now. Anyway,… Continue reading

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