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    Serene Morning & Other Tales of a Little Girl
    Serene Morning & Other Tales of a Little Girl
    Serene Morning & Other Tales of a Little Girl
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    Serene Morning & Other Tales of a Little Girl

    By David R. Michael

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    A collection of flash fiction and short shorts by David Michael. The Puppets Take a Bath - Three year old Serene put down her spoon and her right hand became a puppet. With her fingers together and her thumb working as the lower jaw and tongue, the puppet could talk... Trikes and Aliens - The little girl walked up to Rala and stood there, watching him as he repaired his zip-about... Plus 4 more!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDavid R. Michael
    Release dateOct 20, 2010
    ISBN9781458164933
    Serene Morning & Other Tales of a Little Girl
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    David R. Michael

    Most days, David Michael is a software developer and a writer. Some days, he’s a writer and a software developer. Other days, he’s an amateur photographer. Because, really, who is the same person every day?David is the designer and developer of The Journal, personal journaling software for Windows. He has also designed and developed video games, and has written two nonfiction books and numerous articles about video game development.David lives with his wife and kids in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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      Serene Morning & Other Tales of a Little Girl - David R. Michael

      Serene Morning & Other Tales of a Little Girl

      by David Michael

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright © 2010 David Michael.

      Serene Mornings & Other Tales of a Little Girl

      Introduction

      The Puppets Take a Bath

      Serene Morning

      Like a Ghost

      A Bedtime Story

      The Dragon Hunts

      Trikes and Aliens

      Introduction

      These are very personal stories for me.

      In 2006 I started a project I called A Short Story a Day. This project was my first real attempt to improve my writing through intense practice. What could be better practice, I thought, than writing a short story every day? Ultimately, I wrote 202 stories that year. Not quite one a day, but a good effort, I think. I learned more about writing in those 10 months than at any other time in my life.

      In 2006 my daughter, Serene, was 4 years old.

      A writer needs a muse, especially when he's writing a story every day. These are a few of the stories from the days Serene was my muse.

      Some of the stories are biographical-ish (like The Puppets...), my attempts to remember-with-prose her earliest years. Others are pure whimsy, though inspired by the antics of my baby girl. And one, oddly enough, is science

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