I contributed to Silver Moon Photo's calendar again this year – there are some beautiful photos and lovely accompanying writing pieces by several different writers. See it here: http://www.lulu.com/shop/silver-moon-photography/calendar-2014/calendar/product-21326775.html
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My poem won Thinkgeek.com's monthly techie Haiku contest and was published in their newsletter today under the title, "Astronaut Warning." The original title was "In space, no one can save you from your own stupidity," but it was understandably shortened, as the title was nearly longer than the actual poem.
"Astronaut warning" When on a space ship, Do not open a window. It's not refreshing. I just can't resist taking on new projects. I've recently taken up a rather ambitious one called The Thousand Words Project with a small group of creative and talented writers and photographers, with the aim of merging writing and photography to tell some fantastic stories! The website will be live June 7th at www.1kwordsproject.com.
I took up a project with a friend of mine – we made a calendar together (his photos, my poems), with the theme of animals representing the different opposing forces of the universe.
You can check it out/ order it here: http://www.lulu.com/shop/kyle-chong-and-miranda-phaal/silver-moon-photography-2013-calendar/calendar/product-20513801.html I wrote a short story inspired by thoughts of the great writers and philosophers Pascal, Walt Whitman and Nietzsche for my English class that is probably not going to be in my next anthology (A Brief History of Totem Poles). I've therefore decided to post the entire thing as a freebie. You can find it under the title of Infinity in the "Short Stories" section of this blog, and it's a painless (and dare I say interesting?) way to get yourself thinking about some of life's big philosophical questions. Go read it!
In honor of NaNoWriMo, I have started a new sci-fi novel called Violeteye (no relation to Breaking Violet). I highly doubt that I will have the rough draft finished by the end of the month, as I can't bring myself to stop working on my other writings, but I'm very excited about it. The main concept is of a city of thousand-story towers (called The City) where there is a strictly enforced class system based on eye color. The Browneyes live on the Low Levels of the towers, beneath the perpetual ash could, the Greeneyes live on the Middle Levels and the Violeteyes live on the High Levels. In order to reach the High Levels, one must pay a lot of money to have the necessary "iris enhancement surgery," but few ever do. November Locke is a sixteen-year-old Violeteye who must start making her own way, but on only her fourth excursion outside of her parents' mansion, she discovers some very unsavory secrets about The City and what really happens beneath the ash cloud. In order to find the truth, she will make a dangerous journey that will take her from the very bottom to the very top of the towers, all the while evading the Redeyes – The City's half-mechanical police force – and the millions of cameras spaced at every interval. But she won't have to do it alone. Her history tutor, Aris goes with her for her protection, and because he wants answers just as much as she does...
It's official. Sunshine is going to be a series. There's just too much more to the story to leave it untold. Sunshine, hopefully coming out soon, will be the first installment of the Shine Trilogy, comprised of Sunshine, Moonshine, Mirrorshine and prequel, Songs of a Raven. Below are links to the descriptions of each work.
Right now I'm working on two novels. One I've put sort of on hold for the other (titled Sunshine, at 150 pages so far!). I've never written a novel before so I've got my fingers crossed. I'm not sure if I'll actually publish the one I'm currently writing. It's sort of a personal project...involving vampires. But I'll think about it. The other is about a girl who has quite literally died and gone to heaven. The working title is Breaking Violet. And of course I'm still writing short stories. I'm building up a pile big enough for another collection. I'll keep you posted, whoever's listening.
So far I've published three books on Blub.com; one of poems and photographs, one of just photographs and the last a collection of short stories. You can see them on Goodreads.com or in more detail/purchase them here: http://www.blurb.com/user/store/mirap
There are also short previews of them on the site above. The first one, The Other Side, is a bit quirky. Some of the page numbers are missing, etc. I will fix it soon but right now I like to think of it as a collector's edition. |
Miranda Phaal
Miranda Phaal is a college student born in San Francisco and currently living in Boston. She first became interested in writing at age seven when she wrote a series of short poems. From there she started writing short stories, and then novels. She has a couple of story collections in the works now, as well a couple of novels. Archives
July 2016
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