Author Archives: The Velvet Zebra

My Friday Thing. Chapter 1, disclaimer: Okay, just so we’re clear, this story is being posted a chapter at a time every Friday – this novel is being put here because it CANNOT be offered up for publication, dig? It has no First Rights left. That’s because when I wrote this 10 years ago, IContinue reading “Friday Chapter #1”

By the prickling of my thumbs, Castle Debacle hast this way come! Err, well – it’s here. And my Friday Thing is coming. It’s coming! Get off my back!!  *ahem* It’s coming.

Not to be confused with “the Friday thing”. Here’s where I make excuses for what’s going to happen every Friday on this bloggie here, so all my peeps won’t judge me as harshly as they have every right to. This is where I go on and on about how I started writing so long ago,Continue reading “My Big Friday “Thing””

Have I mentioned how I can obsess? I can obsess. Over the stupidest things, like how this blog looks.  One template is wider, but has no banner. Another has space for a banner, but keeps doing stupid tiling things. Another has great width, nice colors, no banner. GGGAAAAHHH!!!  Okay, I’m going to keep playing allContinue reading “Sheesh”

That I haven’t really written a regular type post in this new blog. Other than the quickie about George, my new pen. All these little ditties I’ve been *ahem* singing don’t show me how pretty the margin width is on this blog, which is one of the big reasons I moved from Booger to WordPressContinue reading “It occurs to me”

The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down Of the big write they called ‘Tea Debacle’ The write, it is said, never gives up her dead When the days of November end early With a load of word counts many thousand times more Than the Great Tea Debacle weighed empty. That good book andContinue reading “Yo-ho, Yo-ho, a Pirate’s Life for Me”

Now is the winter of our incontinence Made glorious tragedy by this last 5 days of Debacle; And all the despairs that lour’d upon our nerves In the deep bosom of our Depends buried. Now are our brows bound with sweat and worry; Our bruised fingers cramped up for keystrokes; Our panicked cries changed toContinue reading “Now is the Winter of our Incontinence”

I hope you all had a happy Thanksgiving – even you, Cath, you crazy foriegner you! 😀  It was a day to look back at our lives and give thanks for all the things we cherish, all the things that make our lives what they are.  It’s also a time to cherish the people inContinue reading “The Day After”

So my sister takes me out pen shopping on Saturday, right after the pair of us went to a rock show and spent loads on slabs – but that’s another story. Anyhoodle, after buying slabs, we went for coffee and a snack so I wouldn’t have low blood sugar and do one of my famousContinue reading “I’m in love!”

Yes, this is a test post, and since Blogger isn’t working right today, I’m using this to post my handwriting sample. I hope. If I can do this right.  So lemme see . . . this would be a sample of my handwriting when I’m trying very hard to be legible. Below that is myContinue reading “Testing 1 2 3”