• Cloud Wordprocessor,  Greyville Writer's Colony,  Nara's Nook,  Virtual Writing,  Yarny

    Yarny Gets a Rescue!

    About a week or so ago I had a message in email that Yarny was closing down. Last night I got another message that Yarny had been rescued and would now be hosted on servers at Cook Center for Entrepenuership This is important because we use Yarny on our Inworld Laptops. In fact it is the only thing I know of now that lets me write for free from any device I have. In addition, Yarny is like a cloud version of Scrivner which is a favorite tool for novelists. I admit the number of writers who write their tales on pixel laptops and need a word processor that allows…

  • Random

    Immersive Edge

    I’ve been quiet on the blog lately. I’ve been working on getting my rights back to the all the stories I’d published. I’ve used that quiet time to build a platform in virtual reality from which we could have influence on the future of the book. Now I am back with the third hypergrid story team I’ve invited to tell a story with me. The talent pool working on this story is so deep you need scuba gear to read through the list of participants at the end. This time author Shannan Albright and I did the story and developed the protagonists together while this incredibly talented team of artists…

  • dverse poets,  Poetry,  Romance

    Broken Reason

    When fantasies jackknife your to-do listsand longing for the aural caress of a lover’s sightrumps need for solitude, I’ll be your reason. When you’re on your knees,armor of business suit and spreadsheets shreddedby black satin sheets and scent of wild roses, I’ll be your reason. When your carefully mapped journey past temptation gets detouredby a kiss-licked trail headed south to curl your toes, making you forget all the reasons to say no, I’ll be the reason that un-breaks your heart. ~Nara Malone This is my contribution for Open Link Night at dVersePoets. Drop by this evening to join the fun or to read what others wrote.