L.S. Engler

  • The Scenic View.

    In the wake of the start of NaNoWriMo and the beginning of jamming as many words as I possibly can out onto the paper to make my daily word count, I’ve been thinking a little bit about scene. More specifically, I’ve been thinking about how to describe scenes, and, really, it’s been playing on my…

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  • The 100 Books Project: The Middle Stories.

    “‘]They all ordered the same thing, except for the ugly boy who was a vegan, and he ordered nothing but black coffee and orange juice, and the girl thought drearily in her head, ‘Oh God, I slept with a vegan.’” “The Middle Stories” by Sheila Heti This curious book of odd little stories first fell…

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  • RoW80 Check-In: November 2nd.

    “‘I wish I could say that my offer still stood. That I was still utterly willing to break your bonds with the promise that you’ll come with me and we’ll get rid of the pig together, but I know you far too well now, Auferrix. I know better than that. It would never work between…

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  • NaNoWriMo, Here We Go!

    I have been waiting for this day practically all October, and so it feels a little strange that it’s actually here. That’s right. It’s November First, a big day for us writers as it marks the beginning of the ever-popular National Novel Writing Month. For those of you unfamiliar with NaNo, the name of the…

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  • The 100 Books Project: You Only Live Twice.

    “Our politicians may be a feather-pated bunch, but I expect yours are, too. All politicians are.” “You Only Live Twice” by Ian Fleming I’m a sucker for James Bond. I love the movies and, recently, as I’ve started to pick some of them up, I love the books, too. This becomes especially true in the…

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  • RoW80 Check-In: October 30th.

    “You can’t keep a serpent in a cage for long; eventually, it just slithers right through the bars.” This last week part of October has been an odd span of time for me; I feel a little like I’ve been riding a strange productivity roller coaster. I went through a funk for a little bit…

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  • RoW80 Check-In: October 26th.

    “Tenenshe’ean held the goard to her lips and it trickled into her mouth slowly. Still, she could not swallow quickly enough, and some of it dribbled down her chin, wasted. He ran his thumb over her chin to wipe it away and, swallowing hard and remembering to breath, Auferrix almost thought of sucking on that…

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  • The 100 Books Project; The Traveler.

    “It was exhausting to be Thorn’s daughter, always avoiding the surveillance of the Vast Machine, always watching for enemies, always aware of the angle of attack.” “The Traveler” by John Twelve Hawks When I started The Traveler, the first book in a realm-jumping, anti-technology trilogy, I was pretty revved up and excited. Here I had,…

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  • Just Putting it Out There.

    I was actually a little bit surprised to find that, last week, I was having a very difficult time trying to think of things to write. I have my list of goals to keep me on track, and even those were feeling a little forced, a trial to really push and get the bare minimum…

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  • RoW80 Check-In: October 23rd.

    Since the last check-in for A Round of Words in 80 Days, things have been…off for me. I’m not sure exactly what it is, since I usually have such a great enthusiasm and energy for my writing, but these past few days, it’s like my writing wanted to just take a break. I think the…

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