Post by elementary on Aug 13, 2011 18:51:10 GMT -5
This summer I've been writing more than working on stones, somehow penning over 125 pages. I've completed rough drafts of two stories and am on page 63 of what is winding up being a novel (not my intention when I began it.) I've also written a poem on the Norway massacre for my church, and they are sending it over to a sister church across the Atlantic.
(Funny thing: the last time I wrote fiction was three years ago, and I put together a 30 page children's story slightly inspired by Winnie the Pooh. It's about a young girl and her father trying to save her mother.
10 years ago I wrote a few fantasy stories for some friends.
20 years ago I wrote a 120 page novel for 5 other friends that was comedy through and through.
Now I am writing horror. -- Not exactly gross-out horror, but scary/spooky/uncomfortable stories. Must be the economy...
Go figure...)
Regarding stones, I even skipped displaying at the Ventura Co. Fair which has been going on the past two weeks.
Well, maybe I've been cured...I went to the fair Thursday and looked at all the displays (very wonderful) but kept on seeing things that made me feel I would have been competitive.
So yesterday I sat down at the wheels and cranked out a batch of material. My 2nd cab (see related thread), and a bunch of nodules from across the globe:
Botswana:
Australia (Agate Creek):
Mozambique (pretty sure of this I.D.)
South America (Condor #1) (my wife is stealing to display at her work)
South America (Condor #2)
(((Bonus [Condor #3] - a condor I did months ago but never posted on its own, if I remember right....If it's a repeat, well, it's still purty...)
Together - The Agate Family
And finally, this morning I thought I finished a Baker Egg from New Mexico, but a crack appeared in the exact middle of the egg while polishing. ERRRRRR. I'll be grinding down the middle to eliminate the flaw and repolishing, but I figure I'd post it anyways.
Thanks for looking, as always.
Lowell
(Funny thing: the last time I wrote fiction was three years ago, and I put together a 30 page children's story slightly inspired by Winnie the Pooh. It's about a young girl and her father trying to save her mother.
10 years ago I wrote a few fantasy stories for some friends.
20 years ago I wrote a 120 page novel for 5 other friends that was comedy through and through.
Now I am writing horror. -- Not exactly gross-out horror, but scary/spooky/uncomfortable stories. Must be the economy...
Go figure...)
Regarding stones, I even skipped displaying at the Ventura Co. Fair which has been going on the past two weeks.
Well, maybe I've been cured...I went to the fair Thursday and looked at all the displays (very wonderful) but kept on seeing things that made me feel I would have been competitive.
So yesterday I sat down at the wheels and cranked out a batch of material. My 2nd cab (see related thread), and a bunch of nodules from across the globe:
Botswana:
Australia (Agate Creek):
Mozambique (pretty sure of this I.D.)
South America (Condor #1) (my wife is stealing to display at her work)
South America (Condor #2)
(((Bonus [Condor #3] - a condor I did months ago but never posted on its own, if I remember right....If it's a repeat, well, it's still purty...)
Together - The Agate Family
And finally, this morning I thought I finished a Baker Egg from New Mexico, but a crack appeared in the exact middle of the egg while polishing. ERRRRRR. I'll be grinding down the middle to eliminate the flaw and repolishing, but I figure I'd post it anyways.
Thanks for looking, as always.
Lowell