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Some More Artwork

04 Monday Jan 2016

Posted by erinkenobi2893 in Artwork, Bound to the Flame, Living Life with Passion, Tales of a Wandering Bard, Uncategorized

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artwork, bound to the flame, doctor who, fan art, original fiction, original work

My last sketchbook was dominated largely by Star Wars and Avengers. This one is mostly Doctor Who–that is, the pages that haven’t been donated to my 5-year-old sister’s art sessions. Whyyyy.

Anyway, here’s a few samples of what I’ve been working on:

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Rose and the Doctor, visiting the Smithsonian–a WIP.

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Interdimensional Physics For Dummies

28 Monday Sep 2015

Posted by erinkenobi2893 in Living Life with Passion, Story Dynamics, Tales of a Wandering Bard

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completed stories, fun stuff, original fiction, science, short stories

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Writefury started it! X-D

Go check out her reply to the prompt. Right now. I command thee. 😛

Also, in this story, there’s a cameo. Anyone who can correctly identify the cameo may make a demand of me. However, I can’t promise deadlines at the moment, so let’s just say I’ll do it when I can. 😉


Interdimensional Physics for Dummies

                Gerald walked into interdimensional physics class to find his idiot friend doodling on the chalkboard with RoseArts, his bag forgotten by his usual seat. He smacked Michael in the back of the head—rather gently, if he did say so himself. “What do you think you’re doing?” he demanded. A few snickers came from the early-comers. They saw this drama enacted every day.

In fact, maybe that’s why they came to class so early…

“That doesn’t look like cursive to me,” Gerald informed Michael kindly. Michael ignored him, standing on tiptoes and stretching his skinny back to reach the top of the chalkboard. “So what is it?” Gerald asked, curiosity getting the better of him. He immediately regretted his indiscretion.

So Michael might be partly deaf, but that didn’t justify him ignoring people.

Michael finished part of his curve and stared at Gerald. “Oh, hi!” he said, sounding surprised. His nerdy glasses were slipping down over the bridge of his nose, making him look even more stupid than usual. Gerald kindly pushed them back up, and they immediately began to slide back down again.

He didn’t know why Michael wore them all the time. After all, he only needed them to read. He was farsighted, not blind!

“So what is it?” Gerald asked, gesturing at the board.

“It’s a probability machine diagram,” Michael explained. “And it looks good.”

Why was Gerald friends with this idiot again?

The door opened and the professor marched in, several minutes before the rest of the class would come straggling in. “Good morning, boys,” he said in a voice that was far too bright for this horrible hour. He squinted at the chalkboard.

“Is that the Carson-Leither probability engine you were talking about earlier, Michael?” he asked, pulling his nerdy glasses out of his suit pocket and sliding them up the bridge of his nose. As far as Gerald was concerned, while Michael might need glasses for things close to his face, the professor didn’t need them at all.

“Yes, sir,” Michael said, continuing to draw.

“I’m afraid I’ll have to erase part of it later,” the professor said apologetically, sounding bipolar.

“I can take a photo with my cell phone, sir,” Gerald said, making a squid face at Michael’s back.

“No need. It’s the principle of the thing, you see,” the Professor explained. Gerald didn’t see, but of course he was not going to say that.

The professor’s watch alarm went off, Gerald and Michael sat down, and class began.

Seven and a half minutes later, the rest of the class rushed breathlessly in, madly waving coffee cups, books, papers, pencils, pens, highlighters, and in one memorable case, a lizard.

The professor asked them what the blackboard drawing was. None of them had any idea.

After all, they were all very late.

Ginger Bombshell

01 Tuesday Sep 2015

Posted by erinkenobi2893 in Living Life with Passion, Story Dynamics, Tales of a Wandering Bard

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cats, humor, legumes, original fiction, short stories

The title of this #BlogBattle post is actually a play on words. It has a double meaning. See if you can figure it out! 😉


“Hey, Mara!” The ginger cat bounded in, slipping across the floor in an unintentional heap. “What do carob and peas have in common?”

“No,” Mara groaned. “Not another crossword puzzle, Arrow!” She was his superior officer. This wasn’t supposed to happen to her. On the other hand, she could order him to knock it off with the crossword puzzles… but then he might get started on the Sudoku…

And then again, she didn’t want to abuse her authority over her fellow Time Agent.

“No, Mara,” Arrow explained patiently. “It’s a joke.” Mara wheeled her office chair around, cautious to keep from catching her tail in the rollers.

“Okay,” she sighed. “What’s the punch line?”

“They’re both legumes!” Arrow announced. Mara rubbed her eyes with the back of a paw. There wasn’t enough coffee in the world to deal with her junior partner. And yes, coffee is a legume too, her unruly mind supplied.

And then there was Cally, who was obviously crushing on Arrow. Why the litterbox would she want to do that? Mara pulled her thoughts away and focused on her junior.

“Remind me to never eat either again,” she sighed and went back to her mountains of paperwork.

The Edge of Starlight

03 Monday Aug 2015

Posted by erinkenobi2893 in Living Life with Passion, Story Dynamics, Tales of a Wandering Bard

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fiction, original fiction, short stories

Okay, I was just writing late one night and came up with this. Enjoy!

The Edge of Starlight
It’s late. Talk to me.
Tell me about the sunset, the crickets, the pale glow of fireflies. Tell me about the soft night air.
It’s late and I’m tired, but I don’t want to go to sleep just yet.
Talk to me.
Tell me a story. Anyone. Anywhere. Anywhen. Anything.
Tell me a good story.
Sing a song I can dream good dreams to, awake or sleeping.
Tell me the world sleeps while we sit here on the edge of starlight, wakeful, breathing in soft, dew-laden night breezes.
It’s late. Talk to me.

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Camp Nanowrimo: Art Dump

05 Sunday Jul 2015

Posted by erinkenobi2893 in Artwork, Living Life with Passion, Uncategorized

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artwork, avengers, camp nanowrimo, camp nanowrimo july 2015, captain america, cats, doctor who, dogs, jack harkness is licking all over the doctor because he can, marvel, nanowrimo, national novel writing month, original fiction, star wars

This gallery contains 11 photos.

  Hello, everyone! This year, in an attempt to be witty, I decided to rebel for this month’s Camp Nanowrimo. …

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