Writing Wednesday: Doing It All Yourself

Goals recap for last week: Resubmission to markets is cycling as planned (there are currently 9 stories going through submissions right now.) Blog entries were on schedule. My next ePub (Downtown Blues: Detective Jimmy Delaney Collection #2) is on preorder and ready for its June 2nd release. I’ve formatted the paperback and am waiting for … Continue reading →

Meandering Monday about What to Remember Today

Today is Memorial Day, a United States holiday set aside in memory of all those who gave the ultimate sacrifice in our armed services in defense of our freedoms – and those of others. Thank you to all those who are gone, and to the loved ones they left behind. Memorial Day is aptly named … Continue reading →

Forecast Friday: What’s Privacy, Grandpa?

We get lots of glimpses into possible futures from books and movies. I remember in the The Minority Report how Anderton (Tom Cruise) is walking through a mall, and all the storefronts are identifying him by quickly scanning his eye as he walks by. I found this very disturbing – not because of the painful … Continue reading →

Writing Wednesday: You Must Write. You Must Finish.

Goals recap: The cycle of rejection – I mean resubmission to the markets continues apace (no longer than 7 days after return.) I made my three blog entries again. My next ePub (Downtown Blues: Detective Jimmy Delaney Collection #2) is on preorder and ready for its June 2nd release. I still need to format the … Continue reading →

Meandering Monday about Willful Blindness

“There are none so blind as those who will not see.” “You can make up a lot of those. There are none so deaf as those who will not hear…” – Butterflies Are Free I think – hey, let’s pretend I actually looked it up instead of relying on a four-decades-old memory. Let’s stick with … Continue reading →

Sum-it-up Sunday: No News – Narrative

We continue to live in an alternate reality of the LEFT’s making. President Trump is accused of giving away top secret, national security-impacting intelligence to the Russians at the White House. The President, The Secretary of State, and the National Security Advisor were all there and say it never happened. And yet, knowing this, the … Continue reading →

Writing Wednesday: A Couple of Pointers on Selling Your Work

Goal update:  Resubmissions to market continue on schedule (no longer than 7 days after return.) Maintained my three blog entries. I’ve started formatting my June 4th release is – Downtown Blues: Detective Jimmy Delaney Collection #2, but I’m not getting it done as quickly as I need to to have a decent preorder campaign. “The … Continue reading →

Meandering Monday about Who’s in My Head

I don’t have Turret’s. Wait – I should have started off with a disclaimer: The following ideation is not intended to be taken as scientific or medical research. The author has no formal training in the appropriate fields. The author has not been bothered to research the particular condition(s) mentioned, and makes several on-the-spot suppositions, … Continue reading →

Forecast Friday: Will Life Ever Be Too Easy?

“We have decommissioned natural selection and must now look deep within ourselves and decide what we wish to become.” – E. O. Wilson As a species, humans have been fighting natural selection for some time.  I can look at how our gene pool is deteriorating because we are more and more able to save humans … Continue reading →

Writing Wednesday: Remarkable

Goals: As usual, resubmissions to market are on schedule. Posted my three blog entries, and “Goddesses” made the May 5th release date (time to figure out what my June 4th release is – that may be a little hard, as the slush piles are moving slowly, and so my current crop hasn’t been to the … Continue reading →