C. Meton
"I love the air of confidence that precedes a disaster." - Stephen Daddona
Writing - What I've Written
I haven't written anything in a while. I've been working on my flower garden and my small pond and waterfall by the patio. I suppose I will do a page on the "before" and "after" of the grounds around the house when I'm done with it all. It's a major improvement over the run-down, neglected place it was when I bought it in 2006.
My favorites from what I've written are: The Littlest Snowman, You Can Bet Your Shirt on It, and The Sick Kitty, although I enjoyed some of my contest entries also. Actually, one of these three was a contest entry. (Duh!) Of all the things I ever lost, I miss my mind the most.
Key: Title
(copyright year) Synopsis
- The Littlest Snowman (2007) "Light as a feather and just right for Xmas reading with the kids..." - Bill Bowler, Coordinating Editor, Bewildering Stories.
Published December 17, 2007 by Bewildering Stories.
- Wounded Me (2007) An introspective poem after a break up.
- The Sick Kitty (2005) A short story about a lethargic cat and the little girl who loves her.
First publication April 25, 2005 by Bewildering Stories.
Second publication May 2, 2006 in the Sierra Journal: 2006 published by Sierra College Press.
- The Cyst (1985) A human is mistaken to be an android. I plan to rewrite this some day, so it is currently not available to the public except for being registered at the library of congress.
- The
Orkeldor, et. al. (1981) Epic poetry about a dangerous
creature that no one has seen and lived to tell about. This poetry is
available at BewilderingStories.com in six parts: part
1 part 2
part
3 part 4
part
5 part
6
Published in 2005 by Bewildering Stories. This was
actually my first work that was published. Here
is Bewildering Stories' welcome page heralding the publication of the
first installment of The Orkeldor.
Books I've Read about Writing
- The Elements of Style
by William Strunk Jr. & E. B. White
- The Elements of Grammar
by Margaret Shertzer
- Self-Editing for Fiction Writers
by Renni Browne & Dave King
- The Complete, Idiot's Guide to
Writing a Novel by Tom Monteleone
- How to Write Science Fiction
and Fantasy by Orson Scott Card
- How to Write a Damn Good Novel
by James N. Frey
- Zen in the Art of Writing
by Ray Bradbury
- Three Genres by Stephen
Minot
- Plain English Handbook
by J. Martyn Walsh & Anna Kathleen Walsh
- Prentice-Hall Handbook for
Writers by Glenn Leggett, C. David Mead, & William Charvat
Writing-related Links
Acknowledgements and Thanks
I wish to thank Jerry Wright and Don Webb of BewilderingStories.com for their grace in publishing my poems and stories. I feel unworthy.
C. Meton playing the piano bear... This is what the editor was talking about on my Biographical page at Bewildering Stories.
I also wish to thank Bright Rope and Bill Hotchkiss for including my story, The Sick Kitty in the 2006 edition of The Sierra Journal.

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