Jun 1, 2016 Friday Fictioneers, Original Flash Fiction, Uncategorized

Word Count:  89 words of text, exactly
Genre:  Mythological epochal fiction

Wheel
©June 1st, 2016
By Vijaya Sundaram

The wheel turned, and time turned with it.  The earth rose and fell in large, slow panting gasps.

No one knew the stone-and-mud abode existed.  This valley had been formed millennia ago when the earth yawned, and everything caved in.  All that was left was this dwelling.

Well, not just that.  There was a person inside, sleeping.  When the wheel turned again, he awoke.

“Mother?” he called, confusedly. Where was his large family whose footsteps shook the world?

Earth answered.  The valley tumbled into oblivion.

The man slept again.

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Thanks to Rochelle Wisoff-Fields, our Fairy Blog-Mother, for hosting Friday Fictioneers, where story-tellers gather from around the world.  Thanks, also, to Piya Singh for that lovely photograph!

Tags: #FridayFictioneers, #MythologicalFiction, #Original 100-word Flash Fiction based on a photo-prompt

Jun 1, 2016 Ramblings and Musings, Uncategorized

This was my first post on this blog a year ago.

Around this time last year, I was in the process of letting go of the shackles of being a school-teacher, and leaving the profession in order to spend more time with my family, dog, and myself, and in order to write.

The first couple of months that I began this blog (June and July) were not great blogging months, and neither was August, but come September, and I began blogging more and more. Around January, I resolved to have at least 365 posts to average out over my first year of blogging on StrangeLander2015 (aka magicsurrealist2013.me). This meant I needed to write more than a couple of blog posts every day, which I began doing from March 2016 onwards.

I’ve made a total of 384 posts during these past twelve months. Now, I can heave a sigh of relief, and blog in a less frenetic fashion – or not!  Hah!  This blogging thing can be a serious addiction.  Actually, for me, it’s a sense of urgency.  I haven’t put my work out in the world since I was a teenager, even though I’ve written forever.  Next, I’ll aim to publish my work in a non-digital format.

Thank you to all those who have been my readers and commentators, and those who’ve followed, and been supportive.

Thank you, @WordPress!

Yours,
Dreamer of Dreams

Tags: #Blogging, #FirstYearAnniversaryofmagicsurrealist2013 / StrangeLander2015 blog