I’m not throwing in the towel – just getting a different one… We are now fully into our family’s “Holiday Season”; October through mid-January includes Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New-Year’s and a couple of birthdays, and all the activity surrounding this would normally make trying to work on Swordsmaster difficult if not impossible, and with the … Continue reading
This will hopefully be my final week of meandering through all the changes that have been happening to our house over the last two months, and things may finally start feeling more STABLE, perhaps even more PERMANENT. And then – MAYBE – I will finally resume my writing. We’ll get to set the clocks back … Continue reading
As our final day at the ballot box approaches, just some random, logical questions about the oddities of what we’re being told we should care about (instead of ACTUAL, SUBSTANTIVE POLICIES: If you’re competing against someone and you think they might cheat, why would you promise in advance to accept the result of their cheating? … Continue reading
This week’s Smashwords coupon is for Still Even More Things I Could Get OUT OF MY MIND – my fourth short story collection, which contains the following: “Bugging Out” Change is hard to deal with under the best of circumstances, but what do you do when everything you know seems to be disappearing around you? … Continue reading
Why are these things always so hard? Johns are dying in Barnstow. It was bound to happen eventually, in a city where legal prostitution is a big part of the tourist industry, but not so many so fast. And of course, if there are dead bodies in Barnstow, Detective Jimmy Delaney isn’t far away. “Hard … Continue reading
I went through a lot of angst this weekend. I’m sure some of you noticed (although many more didn’t) that I didn’t post Forecast Friday, Selling Saturday, or Sum-it-up Sunday. I had what many would consider good reasons for dropping my scheduled responsibilities like this, and some would probably put quotes around “responsibilities” since this … Continue reading
Up next for publication – the Detective Jimmy Delaney story “Hard Times”: Why are these things always so hard? Johns are dying in Barnstow. It was bound to happen eventually, in a city where legal prostitution is a big part of the tourist industry, but not so many so fast. And of course, if there … Continue reading
Attitude. One of the things that I love about writing (and why I chose it among my creative outlet options) is that – especially in these days of ePublishing and Indie – I’m not dependent on anyone else. I write when I have time and when I want to. I’ve considered having someone else edit, … Continue reading
I’ve had a few times in my life when I tried to handle something myself because IF YOU WANT SOMETHING DONE RIGHT, and I thought I could. Naturally, there were difficulties, so the next time I ran into the same sort of situation, I looked at what I’d done the first time and weighed the … Continue reading
Tim Kaine’s objective in the VP debate was to keep Mike Pence from talking about Hillary. Even with the moderator’s assistance it didn’t work, and he made himself look like an annoying, yipping dog instead of the affable fellow we all thought he was. Mr. Kaine – a debate occurs when both sides are allowed … Continue reading
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