Tag Archives: Nishi

Excerpt of the week: Life as a Ghost

Posted on January 26, 2015 by crhodges

Finally got in a good writing weekend, cut 5000 words from a draft short story and wrote 2000 new words.  The old wording wasn’t bad, but the story that I was trying to tell had run away from me–I had … Continue reading →

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Gho is coming

Posted on July 12, 2014 by crhodges

After 5 years, endless rewrites, and a major compaction from novel to novella, I just received the galley proofs for the upcoming publication of my very first story.  Gho, a paranormal fantasy about Hildi Schreiber, a teenage inventor whose paranormal vortex detector inadvertently … Continue reading →

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Tristy trasty plots

Posted on June 22, 2014 by crhodges

I’m a fan of complex, tristy trasty plots, both as a reader and as a writer.  There is something very satisfying about reaching the end of a superbly crafted book with a complex plot and realizing how nicely it all … Continue reading →

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The muse is a fickle _____

Posted on March 22, 2014 by crhodges

All writers have  love-hate relationships with our respective muses.  We love it when they sit on our shoulders and guide our typing towards brilliance.  We hate it when they lead us down dead ends. And we go comatose when they … Continue reading →

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“Believe” has been published in Silver Blade

Posted on September 16, 2013 by crhodges

Normally I get a runner’s high from seeing my short stories in print.  But this morning when I first saw “Believe” up on the Silver Blade ezine website, what stunned me was the artwork.  Something I can take no credit … Continue reading →

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Excerpt of the week: Gho

Posted on August 2, 2013 by crhodges

This week’s excerpt is from an unpublished work, Gho, an urban fantasy about Hildi Schreiber, a young inventor who returns as a ghost to avenge her murder (yes I know my blurb needs work).  Originally written as a YA novel, I am … Continue reading →

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Excerpt of the week: Walking with Great Uncle

Posted on July 15, 2013 by crhodges

Two versions of my short story “Walking with Great Uncle” have been published to date, one in the Summer 2009 edition of The First Line (my very first publication credit) and one in the We Belong 2013 anthology published by the … Continue reading →

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“Walking with Great Uncle” to be published in an anthology

Posted on March 15, 2013 by crhodges

My very first short story ever, “Walking with Great Uncle,” will be republished four years later in an anthology in April.  Proceeds will benefit a local charity.  More soon. CR Hodges

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Books in Whips

Posted on March 7, 2013 by crhodges

Oops, typo. I meant to write Books in WIP, as in Work in Progress (got your attention though, eh?), as in half-finished. And no, I’m not going to write Fifty Ghosts in the Shade.  But I do have quite a few … Continue reading →

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