Writer and Editor C.B. Calsing/ G.G. Royale

I'm working on a fantasy story for an anthology right now. I saw the listing on Duotrope. The call was for wizard stories. I'm doing a sort of western/ gunslinger wizard duel story. In my head, Clint Eastwood plays the main character, so I'm hoping others get the same impression. I should probably get it done within the week.

The Saints play the Vikings this afternoon in the Superdome. I love that Brett Favre is a Saints fan, but I hope no one thinks he throws the game this evening when we trounce them. He may already have his Superbowl rings, and the Saints have never even gone, but he will still play his heart out knowing, since he's a Mississippi boy, that the Dome is full of his fans too.

I know I've been slacking off, but I did get one flash fiction piece out yesterday, and I have two more short stories planned. It's not as if I've completely disappeared!

Beating the Cardinals last night in the Dome was great. We could hear the cheering, the ad hoc parades, and the partying happening all over the neighborhood from the house. Of course, because the last time we were here was 2006, the year after Hurricane Katrina, and the sports commentators can't help but bring that up. Yes, the team has done amazing things for our spirit here in the city. Drew Brees is an amazing individual with a heart of gold, and the team that has formed around him and Sean Payton reflect that same dedication to our city. And then, when the station cuts to the local news, and sprinkled in to the Sunday morning news programs today, are reports on Haiti and what is going on there. We can't ignore the parallels between New Orleans 2005 and Haiti 2010. We may have been out of commission for six weeks here; I left on August 27 and returned October 10. Some neighborhoods haven't come back, true, but Haiti -- an entire country -- may never come back. I can'...

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