mmerriam | Zombies, Words, Ghosts, Fey Creatures (Reply)

For whatever reason, taking part in yesterdays LJ Zombie Apocalypse shook something loose in my brain and I wrote almost 600 words of new fiction in between making entries concerning our harrowing tales of near disaster. Not only was it 600 new words, it was new words I felt good about, which hasn't happened since I finished the Phantom Streetcar novel. Taking part in the "Blog Like it's the End of the World" event helped me turn the storyteller part of my mind back on. It is good.

This morning I was reading some of the other Zombie Apocalypse posts to

careswen and she commented on the fact that, despite knowing it was all fiction, all fun and games, we were such a good bunch of storytellers that she had to remind herself it was just a story. There was a part of her brain that was taking the tale and thinking, "It could be real."

High praise, indeed.

Sometime in the next couple of days I'll tell you about the ghost I saw in broad daylight in downtown Minneapolis, and how I know that the puppeteer's girlfriend is a fey creature, and perhaps another installment of Michael's Brain.

Right now, though, I have to get back to work.

In Peace,
Michael