Can I talk about staring out windows for a second? I’m lucky to have a window over my desk where I can stare out at the woods and down at the little alcove of my yard I’m slowly transforming into a Japanese garden. I also get a decent view of the sky, considering I do… Continue reading My Easy Unplugged Morning and Evening Routine
Short Story: Fly Again
Wordcount: 1,572 Synopsis: Three children discover a young man sitting under a tree sewing up a broken bird. The wind dove down into the pastureland along the coast. It ripped its fast slender fingers through the ancient copses and stranded glacial boulders, surging and wailing in the billowing grasses, and then suddenly lifted up–straight up—and… Continue reading Short Story: Fly Again
The First Chapter of Dronefall is Now a Comic!
I’m a novelist—most of you guys know that. I’ve studied and practiced that particular mode of storytelling for around 15 years now. That creates a lot of habits and expectations when I sit down to work on a story. But I’ve been thinking about branching out into comics for a long time. And it was… Continue reading The First Chapter of Dronefall is Now a Comic!
Surprise Project Reveal!
Well, I’ve been working obsessively again. I got an idea a while back and have been refining it for a long time in my head, but finally, two weeks ago, I started working on actually creating it. I wanted to make something cool for my future email subscribers. Since I don’t use social media, my… Continue reading Surprise Project Reveal!
Is A. L. Buehrer Still Alive?
She left Instagram long ago, her email newsletter has dropped off, and her blog his been eerily quiet for months. Where is she? What happened? Is she actually gone this time? I’m writing to answer those questions. If you’ve followed my blog, or have read certain posts from a while back, you know what happened… Continue reading Is A. L. Buehrer Still Alive?
Dreamscape, IN: Episode 4, Anywhere Else
Read the Prologue: here Wordcount: 384 Part: 5/ongoing Anywhere Else The soft flicker of my vanilla cinnamon pumpkin candle, the steady background of lo-fi music, and the continuous ticking of my little pomodoro timer should have been enough to keep my head in my books all evening. But maybe it was a bit much with my fluffy fleece blanket and… Continue reading Dreamscape, IN: Episode 4, Anywhere Else
Echoland Part 9(Finale!): The Echo
Link to part one: here Wordcount: 843 Part: 9/9 Synopsis: The finale! The storm was dead. It had dissolved long ago, though I couldn’t say when. The voices of the bells had returned. Or was that really what the sound was? I had forgotten how the bells actually sounded. I had forgotten a lot of things. From a distance, I observed… Continue reading Echoland Part 9(Finale!): The Echo
Echoland Part 8: Alone Again
Link to part one: here Wordcount: 1,024 Part: 8/9 Synopsis: The thunderbird takes off again, leaving Jasmine alone, exhausted, and hopeless. I didn’t feel the fatigue when it set in. I didn’t feel it for hours. I didn’t realize that the storm around us was a slow-turning carousel of stifling wind and blinding rain. None of it was real to me.… Continue reading Echoland Part 8: Alone Again
Dreamscape, IN: Episode 3 The Cub
Read the Prologue: here Wordcount: 431 Part: 4/ongoing The Cub It had been too cold to leave the window open last night, but I still didn’t shut it. The chill awakened me before my alarm and I lay quiet and still for a while, staring at the pale sky. I sighed and pushed my comforter back, stretching and combing my… Continue reading Dreamscape, IN: Episode 3 The Cub
Echoland Part 7: The Thunderbird Wants to Dance
Link to part one: here Wordcount: 905 Part: 7/9 Synopsis: Jasmine and the thunderbird find their common ground at last. The thunderbird dove into the clouds and was gone. I spun to face the emptiness of the bell grove around me. “He’s gone again. He flew away. Tormaigh, where are you?” Thunder rolled and the wind blew against the multitude… Continue reading Echoland Part 7: The Thunderbird Wants to Dance