{"id":1954,"date":"2018-12-30T22:10:38","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T03:10:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kirabug.com\/?p=1954"},"modified":"2018-12-30T22:10:38","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T03:10:38","slug":"what-i-wrote-in-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kirabug.com\/wordpress\/2018\/12\/what-i-wrote-in-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"What I wrote in 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kittywumpus.net\/blog\/2016\/01\/25\/to-eligibility-post-or-not-to-eligibility-post\/\">yes, I should write an eligibility post<\/a> season again.<\/p>\n<h2>Short stories published in 2018<\/h2>\n<p>&#8220;The Ground Shifted&#8221;, \u00a0published by Dreaming Robot Press in <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2St8ZtI\">Young Explorer&#8217;s Adventure Guide Volume 5<\/a>. \u00a0Each year the publishers collect science fiction stories appropriate to middle-grade readers regarding exploring. They emphasize diversity in characters and situations.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;You know about this?&#8221; Rosetta replied. &#8220;It\u2019s a half a cat.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Well, technically it&#8217;s a holographic presentation of half a cat. The house&#8217;s AI sends her in when there&#8217;s something it can&#8217;t do and needs the inhabitants to take over.&#8221; Auntie replied. &#8220;I wonder if the ventilation system is clogged again.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;WHY IS IT ONLY HALF A CAT?&#8221; Rosetta stabbed into the keyboard.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You&#8217;ve only got a half a house, so she\u2019s only half a cat,&#8221; Auntie replied.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Poetry published in 2018<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cFood Shopping\u201d, published by Lycan Valley Press in <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2LusiQr\">Darkling\u2019s Beasts and Brews: Poetry with a Drink on the Side<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The parking lot\u2019s dimples retained last night\u2019s storm<br \/>\neach wheel well shimmering with rainbows<br \/>\nwhen the Cadillac rolled in, heavy.<\/p>\n<p>You threw open the door and clambered out.<br \/>\nFirst sandals, then navy blue cotton pants<br \/>\nfestooned with smiling crescent moons<br \/>\nthen a linen shirt,<br \/>\npuffy sleeves stained with potions and charms<br \/>\na beard that covered eyelet and drawstring close at the collar<br \/>\nA practiced motion tucked the point on the hat of a wizard point under the door frame<\/p>\n<p>You were muttering even before you had the door closed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Other stuff<\/h2>\n<p>If you\u2019re more of the User Experience or Design wonk, you may be interested in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theinterconnected.net\/author\/kirabug\">my list of posts<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theinterconnected.net\/\">The Interconnected<\/a>, where I\u2019ve published numerous articles on UX, Design, and being a human in the internet age.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s yes, I should write an eligibility post season again. Short stories published in 2018 &#8220;The Ground Shifted&#8221;, \u00a0published by Dreaming Robot Press in Young Explorer&#8217;s Adventure Guide Volume 5. \u00a0Each year the publishers collect science fiction stories appropriate to middle-grade readers regarding exploring. 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