CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

This week’s verse moves from a science fiction poem about rescuing people from a crashed starship to a science fiction acrostic about solar starships. It is taken from 366 Days of Poetry , a collection of mixed-genre poetry released in 2016. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------   Dragonships Ahoy D ancing on the winds of space, R eeling and spinning on the breath of stars, A live with the ever-blowing solar breeze, G yrating through the solar system, from Pluto through to Mars, O ur dragons find their way, on wings of finest steel N o one said the star dragons, were ever creatures real, S o we built them, to catch the solar flares, H arness the power of a mighty sun, and then I nto the very farthest depths of our universe to run, P erhaps we should have made better star drives, S o that we had more control, but the dragons fly forever, A nd shine brightly in t...

Here are the blogs that made me stop and read all the way through to the end, this month (and in the last three days of September): Artwork http://taziobettin.deviantart.com/art/Artwork-Pack-1-403141207?ga_submit_new=10%253A1380232822&ga_type=edit&ga_changes=1&ga_recent=1 : Artwork by Tazio Bettin - go check it out Stories http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2013/10/25/flash-fiction-challenge-the-subgenre-smash-and-grab/ : responses should lead to stories you can read http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2013/10/18/flash-fiction-challenge-random-song-title/ : and this one http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2013/10/11/flash-fiction-challenge-horror-in-three-sentences/ : this one, too. For Writers http://kriswrites.com/2013/09/25/the-business-rusch-addendums-rights-grabs-agents-yet-again/ : More business sense from Kristine Kathryn Rusch http://www.brokenfrontier.com/so-you-want-to-publish-a-graphic-novel/ : Yes, I know it's about the comic market and the challenges of ...