The best thing about writing fiction is that moment where the story catches fire and comes to life on the page, and suddenly it all makes sense and you know what its about and why you’re doing it and what these people are saying and doing, and you get to feel like both the creator and the audience. Everything is suddenly both obvious and surprising … and it’s magic and wonderful and strange.
– Neil Gaiman
Tag: fire
Quotable 427
I don’t fire up the prose. I just tell it straight and don’t fool around with it.
– Raymond Carver
haiku 398
low pressure
brings high pressure –
grass fires
#quikfic 148
The horse ran, but Caleb’s dog was too loyal for its own good as the barn burned around them. Caleb absently petted Roscoe’s head.
#quikfic 144
The coiled hose had been chained to the side of the garage. Mike’s folks and the key were gone, and the leaf pile was blazing.
#quikfic 31
My gasoline bomb hit the big snake on the altar of the ruined church. Fire for the devil. I turned. The devil always has friends.
haiku 201
new log on the fire –
only then do I see
the ants
haiku 57
spring
one log left
for the fire