Face Friction Friday: Freedom from Forced “Friendliness”

The purpose of this blog is to have a “social” presence, and ultimately attract people to my stories, in the hopes that they might eventually drop a buck or two and read some. I started out ambitiously, thinking I would put up seven posts per week, but regained SOME sanity and reduced it to just … Continue reading →

Writing Wednesday: What Do They Know?

Goals marched onwards last week: 3 blog posts. Stories cycling back to market as able. My next release date is in two days, and “Cellfishness” is already staged as a preorder, and FREE on Smashwords with a coupon (see below.) I commented on others’ blogs, albeit sparingly (I still haven’t seen any attempts to comment … Continue reading →

Meandering Monday about Making It Last

Everything breaks down. We have our cars worked on (if we try to stave off entropy), and the mechanic advices us to replace parts, that various components have reached their end of life. Of course, in today’s throw-away world, we’ve settled on the idea that it’s easier to replace the entire thing – out with … Continue reading →

unFocused Friday: Faking Fulfillment

Recently, to make a point, shoes was sent to Congress. A plague of shoes. Somehow, I get the impression that this wasn’t as impressive as when the Egyptians were plagued with FROGS, or LOCUSTS, or the other things God sent against them to make a point. Sure, it took a while, but they did eventually … Continue reading →

Writing Wednesday: To Y.A., or Not to Y.A.?

Last week’s goal report: 3 blog posts. Stories cycling back to market as quickly as possible (not a lot happening there – taking a long time at some of the publishers.) My next release date is March 30th, and the story will be “Cellfishness” (I have neither formatted the text for eBook yet, nor created … Continue reading →

Meandering Monday about Detailing it to Death

I’ve read J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings at least 10 times through. The first time through I read every word, but later I skimmed the long passages that described how it was raining, or cold, or the woods were magical, or some other detail, to get back to the meat of the plot. … Continue reading →

Fun Friday: In Search of a Frying Pan of Doom

One of the greatest things about the internet is how it makes it possible to find ANYTHING you are looking for (if only I could figure out how to get people to look for my books… sorry about that self-serving digression.) Whether you want to rediscover toys from your childhood, or find special tools or … Continue reading →

Writing Wednesday: Travails of a Beginning Novelist

Last week’s goal maintenance report: 3 blog posts, stories cycling back to market as quickly as possible. My next release date is March 30th – I haven’t picked which story yet, but plan to decide by the end of this week (actually, I have now chosen – see below.) Continued my minimal, mostly meaningful comments … Continue reading →

Meandering Monday about What It All Means

I’m not very good at life – or being human. I often joke that I’m not human – the joke goes one of two directions, either my being an Immortal (due to my damnably undeserved good health), or as an offshoot of a StrengthsFinder survey, which showed me to have the following five skills – … Continue reading →

Fundamentalist Friday: What Everybody Knows, What You Believe, and the Truth

Narrative seems bigger today than it has in memory – mine, at least. Or maybe, with the end of the “mainstream media” monopoly on reporting, narrative has just become more obvious. When I say narrative, I mean NARRATIVE as in the adherence to a particular slant on telling stories – and I don’t mean fiction … Continue reading →