Tag Archives: A Perfect Life and Other Stories

A Free Story: The Gift

December 27, 2022 · by Elaine Burnes · in LGBTQ+, short stories, Uncategorized, writing · Leave a comment

This story is from my collection, A Perfect Life and Other Stories. Seems appropriate for this time of year. Morning gleamed like a poem as fat snowflakes spiraled past my window. I like how snow silences the world, a cold compress salving the fevered pace of life. This was the first of the season. If […]

Author Q&A Part 1

August 23, 2022 · by Elaine Burnes · in Endurance, Uncategorized, Wishbone, writing · Leave a comment

Several years ago, I did a Q&A with the wonderful website Women and Words (sadly “on hiatus”). A lot of the answers are still good, and I’ve updated some others. But it’s long, so I’m going to break it up. Here’s Elaine! Part 1 Introduce yourself to the rest of the class. Who are you […]

Phtos shows two cruise ships in a foggy bay. One very large, the other much smaller. Rows of hills inthe background

Setting: A Sense of Place

August 5, 2022 · by Elaine Burnes · in craft, Endurance, life, science fiction, Uncategorized · Leave a comment

Have you ever been on a cruise? I’ve only done it once, a small-ship cruise in Alaska’s Inside Passage. The ship had about a hundred tourists and we were able to go into smaller coves and closer to the glaciers than the big Princess ship we saw a few times along the route. The contrast […]

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Tag Archives: A Perfect Life and Other Stories

A Free Story: The Gift

Author Q&A Part 1

Setting: A Sense of Place

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