Meandering Monday about a Different Kind of Remoteness

It is amazing how different technology makes things. Imagine that you lived when travelling from Europe to the NEW WORLD meant leaving everything and everyone you had known behind. After months of travel you arrive and begin taming your relatively unknown new home. And yet, we believe that people / neighbors / families were closer … Continue reading →

Fake Friend Friday: Misrepresenting Yourself

I’m going to name drop, here. Beto O’Rourke actually texted me yesterday – on my personal cell phone (name dropping doesn’t work unless you know who the names are, so just know that Beto O’Rourke is the Democrat candidate running against Senator Ted Cruz here in Texas.) Makes me feel so important, to have someone … Continue reading →

Writing Wednesday: Nobody’s Perfect

Goals from last week: 3 blog posts. Stories cycling back to market on schedule. My next ePub is available on preorder on schedule.) I’ve ordered the proof for the paperback version on Createspace, and once it’s arrived and I’ve had a chance to check it over, it will also be available (but apparently through Amazon … Continue reading →

Meandering Monday about Keeping My Nose to the Grindstone

Is being a project manager good for me as a writer? As I’ve become more and more immersed in my role at my day job, I find my thoughts are becoming more ordered – less spontaneous. I have tended toward chaos when it comes to thinking, and I think it has served me well in … Continue reading →

Fairness Friday: Says Who?

When I was growing up, hurricanes used to be given female names. At some point, a decision was made that this was sexist, and that women were (or at least should have been) offended. Now we also give them male names, and I believe we alternate between male and female to make sure we’re being … Continue reading →

Writing Wednesday: When Will It Ever End?

Goals tally from last week: 3 blog posts. Stories cycling back to market on schedule. I already have my next ePub ready for it’s release date (it’s available on preorder for a DEEP discount – see below.) I’m working on formatting the paperback version on Createspace. I managed to socialize a little (you can probably … Continue reading →

Meandering Monday about George R.R. Martin’s Schedule

Friday, I finished listening to A Dance with Dragons – book five of George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire (the basis of HBO’s A Game of Thrones.) This story is so good, and I love the way it’s read by Roy Dotrice – to me, it feels like sitting around a campfire … Continue reading →

Fearlessly Feeble Friday: Don’t Mess With Us Old Folks

Most people (the decent ones, anyway) react with anger and disgust when they hear that some thug has beaten up (or done worse to) a senior citizen. We all look at those news reports, and place those people in an especially despicable class of cowardly, cruel predators. I believe we even have especially heavy sentencing … Continue reading →

Writing Wednesday: Motivational Metrics

Goals achieved last week: 3 blog posts. Stories cycling back to market on schedule. Decided on the next release to follow “Cellfishness.” I succeeded in making my paltry contribution quota to the blogs of others. Swordsmaster remains at 72,845 words.Made my paltry quota of contributions to other people’s blogs. ZERO WORDS. That’s right – zero. To … Continue reading →

Meandering Monday about the Disappearance of Communal Nostalgia

Jesus Christ Superstar Live was on this Easter. I was excited when I heard about it – not because of the musical artists involved in the project (I haven’t paid attention to the modern scene for a while, so most of the names meant nothing to me), but because of the original 1970 rock opera … Continue reading →