by Tina Konstant | Aug 7, 2017 | Daily Dose of Fiction
Got to thinking today about how much time we lose over-thinking things. We have a bright idea. Then we think of all the alternatives. Then we carefully think through each alternative including the benefits of doing nothing. In the meantime our original idea has gone...
by Tina Konstant | Aug 4, 2017 | Daily Dose of Fiction, Uncategorized
OK. The Daily Dose of Fiction crashed and burned for a while. It started because I needed a break between projects but knew I needed to keep writing. Then I started the next novel (attempt number 8 or 9 – lost count) … and things got hard! So I switched...
by Tina Konstant | Jun 11, 2017 | Daily Dose of Fiction
Here are two Haikus. I wrote one before I read the Sunday papers. I wrote the second after I read the Sunday papers. I shouldn’t have read the Sunday papers. Before Magnolia walls Sunday sleeps long in this house Safe in our cocoon After Wild wind...
by Tina Konstant | Jun 9, 2017 | Daily Dose of Fiction
I’m currently reading Herman Charles Bosman’s short story collection: The Collected Works of Herman Charles Bosman. If you want a peek into a version of early South Africa, then I recommend it. Beautiful stories. Some very funny, some achingly poignant....
by Tina Konstant | Jun 8, 2017 | Daily Dose of Fiction
A nation stands up You get the leader you deserve So vote or sit down