J. R. FRONTERA, author

Rebel stories for rebel souls...

Writing Prompt Wednesday: an excerpt from "The Good Thing", the NaNo Novel.

Another small piece, this one from Chapter 13 of the current WIP, the novel I hope to finish during NaNoWriMo… again, this is an extremely rough draft, written during 30-minute word sprints with some fellow members of my writing group!  Current word count for November as of this morning stands at 19,651.  - JRF *** Pavel hardly felt the hands locked around his biceps, hardly saw the nearness of the rifle muzzles to his face.  They led him out the front door, stumbling, mind and body numb.  ... View Post

Writing Prompt Wednesday: an excerpt from "The Good Thing", the NaNo novel.

A small piece from Chapter 12 (conveniently titled "Shit Hits the Fan" at the moment, ha) of the current WIP, the novel I hope to finish during NaNoWriMo... this is an extremely rough draft, and in fact I have hardly any recollection of writing this part at all, since I was in a writing coma at the time.  Seriously.  Regardless, I hope you enjoy. :)  -- JRF *** Vince waited. He waited, hunkered down behind the chicken coop, listening to his own rigidly-controlled breathing, to the pounding ... View Post

Project List November 2013: PLEASE STAND BY…

There is only one goal this month. This month which hath been dubbed National Novel Writing Month: Write 50,000 Words in 30 Days. Given that, you won't see me around these parts much until December! I might post a few lines up here of the NaNoNovel on Wednesdays, and if you follow me on Twitter you'll get glimpses of my noveling music (#StorySoundtrax) most every day of the month and a one-liner on Tuesdays (#2sdayTeaser).  And the usual slew of interesting Retweets every other day. If you ... View Post

NaNoWriMo BOOT CAMP! Lesson Four: SURVIVAL!

WHAT'S SCARIER THAN A HORDE OF HALF-DECAYED ZOMBIES SHUFFLING IN YOUR DIRECTION WHEN YOU'RE FRESH OUT OF BULLETS AND JUST SO HAPPENED TO LEAVE YOUR AXE AT HOME??? NATIONAL NOVEL WRITING MONTH!!!! Forget about all that undead nonsense and unpack that Zombie Apocalypse Survival Kit you've been hiding in the back corner of your basement, cuz NOVEMBER IS COMING and it HAS NO MERCY and you're going to need those camp rations during your battle with words if you want to live to see December!!!! So get ... View Post

Writing Prompt Wednesday: "Intersecting Ciphers", a found poem.

*** a crossword puzzle intersecting and directly above more ominous the pathology of cryptology complex, albeit nonexistent wishful thinking found almost anywhere and creating patterns encryption technology with dubious cryptograms making the rounds a guilty confession of love embedded in spectacular sources claiming ciphers. *** From the article “For your Eyes Only” in the Smithsonian September 2012 issue, by Mark Strauss. (photo credit: myself!) ... View Post

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