Welcome to one of my nine lives. In this life I write speculative fiction and romance, and live in the Texas Hill Country. (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;} js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk')); Tumblr (3.0; @sjdriscoll)http://sjdriscoll.com/<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrxuvoDfTV1qhwxy0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>My shelf of useful fiction-writing books.</p>http://sjdriscoll.com/post/10525967175http://sjdriscoll.com/post/10525967175Thu, 22 Sep 2011 14:16:36 -0500<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrp3prnfuG1qhwxy0o1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrp3prnfuG1qhwxy0o2_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Rain!</p>http://sjdriscoll.com/post/10340276351http://sjdriscoll.com/post/10340276351Sat, 17 Sep 2011 20:49:00 -0500Texasdroughtrainxs“IN VIVO” Today Daily Science Fiction emailed my story, “In Vivo,” to...http://sjdriscoll.com/post/10242042239http://sjdriscoll.com/post/10242042239Thu, 15 Sep 2011 11:25:00 -0500Daily Science FictionIn Vivoscience fictionstoriesxs“Remember those who ran toward the fire.” - Scott Hearne, ChaplainBulverde-Spring Branch...http://sjdriscoll.com/post/10105029202http://sjdriscoll.com/post/10105029202Sun, 11 Sep 2011 18:56:00 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrdu1lkHeM1qhwxy0o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrdu1lkHeM1qhwxy0o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrdu1lkHeM1qhwxy0o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>The boat ramp’s closed, but there’s still some water in Schultz Creek where it meets the Guadalupe, and in the Guad around Demijohn Bend.</p>http://sjdriscoll.com/post/10104571954http://sjdriscoll.com/post/10104571954Sun, 11 Sep 2011 18:46:00 -0500Texasdroughtriverxs<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lr6bpxS7Dq1qhwxy0o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The Guadalupe River, almost dry on Sept. 5, 2011. The dead trees on the bank were killed by high water.</p>http://sjdriscoll.com/post/9932932501http://sjdriscoll.com/post/9932932501Wed, 07 Sep 2011 17:27:33 -0500Texasdroughtriverxs<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lnzs69BLuf1qhwxy0o1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The photo at the beginning of this Tumblr shows my work desk and my writing desk in my office. Luxury of luxuries, I now have a first draft desk, too, in our converted garage, where I turn my detailed notes into a first draft in longhand. While writing early in the morning, I can look out into the woods to see the deer crossing the yard and the squirrel raiding the fig tree.</p>http://sjdriscoll.com/post/7366164237http://sjdriscoll.com/post/7366164237Thu, 07 Jul 2011 20:58:00 -0500Noveldeskdraftsstorieswoodswritingxs<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lnzrwrk0Fd1qhwxy0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Schultz Creek at the edge of our neighborhood park, dry on July 4.</p>http://sjdriscoll.com/post/7365948694http://sjdriscoll.com/post/7365948694Thu, 07 Jul 2011 20:53:00 -0500Texasdroughtriverwoodsxs<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmqi3mMBts1qhwxy0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>LITTLE PLEASURES</p> <p>This is what I see when I lie on my back on the sofa.</p> <p>Who needs TV?</p>http://sjdriscoll.com/post/6488844457http://sjdriscoll.com/post/6488844457Mon, 13 Jun 2011 10:09:00 -0500TexashomeimaginationxsTWO SIDES TO MY HEAD Last week, Daily Science Fiction accepted “In Vivo,” one of my...http://sjdriscoll.com/post/6071020595http://sjdriscoll.com/post/6071020595Wed, 01 Jun 2011 08:16:00 -0500Daily Science FictionIn Vivonovelromancespec fictionstorieswritingxs<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llpng97q9z1qhwxy0o9_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llpng97q9z1qhwxy0o4_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Mexiquillo, Durango, Mexico, one of my favorite places. Someday I may go there again.</p>http://sjdriscoll.com/post/5804247709http://sjdriscoll.com/post/5804247709Tue, 24 May 2011 12:33:00 -0500MexicoMexiquillorivertunnelwaterfallwoodsxsAND THEN WHAT HAPPENED? Sometimes the real story starts after the story ends I just reread Guy de...http://sjdriscoll.com/post/5492461138http://sjdriscoll.com/post/5492461138Sat, 14 May 2011 16:46:00 -0500Maupassantstoriesxs<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhngr5V6gb1qhwxy0o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhngr5V6gb1qhwxy0o2_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhngr5V6gb1qhwxy0o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhngr5V6gb1qhwxy0o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhngr5V6gb1qhwxy0o5_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhngr5V6gb1qhwxy0o8_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhngr5V6gb1qhwxy0o9_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhngr5V6gb1qhwxy0o10_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhngr5V6gb1qhwxy0o12_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Textures of my back yard.</p>http://sjdriscoll.com/post/3684057379http://sjdriscoll.com/post/3684057379Sun, 06 Mar 2011 12:59:00 -0600Texashomexs<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhd2ibrbJx1qhwxy0o1_r3_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The Little Blanco River, dry on Feb. 24.</p>http://sjdriscoll.com/post/3576683756http://sjdriscoll.com/post/3576683756Mon, 28 Feb 2011 22:15:00 -0600TexasdroughtriverwoodsxsA thousand birds—they flew out of your mouth at your dying,                                       ...http://sjdriscoll.com/post/3515802808http://sjdriscoll.com/post/3515802808Fri, 25 Feb 2011 21:42:00 -0600Hilda Morleyliteraturepassagerpoetryxs<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lh7229pyO71qhwxy0o1_r2_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I’ve been pondering something my husband told me:</p> <p>“You have a Huck Finn kind of charm.”</p> <p>I’m flattered, I guess. Huck’s one of my favorites.</p> <p>But I ain’t about to start smokin’ no corncob pipe.</p>http://sjdriscoll.com/post/3509873383http://sjdriscoll.com/post/3509873383Fri, 25 Feb 2011 16:20:00 -0600Huck Finnchicliteraturexs<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lh5eiaYlPh1qhwxy0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>To mark the beginning of my Tumblr, here’s a pic showing you how I constantly have my writing desk in view while I sit all day at my day job desk (that gray curve in the foreground). Sometimes I do get over there to use my colored pens.</p> <p>My imagination works better if I write notes and even a first draft all over a big drawing pad instead of in a notebook or on regular 8 1/2” x 11” sheets. Forget about typing notes—-I type for hours every workday. My nose is usually glued to that big screen on the right, so scribbling away on drawing paper is such a relief!</p>http://sjdriscoll.com/post/3492769712http://sjdriscoll.com/post/3492769712Thu, 24 Feb 2011 18:54:00 -0600deskdraftshomewritingxs