Last week’s goals: The usual 3 blog posts. Stories cycled to market as soon as markets were available (not hard when there are really only two.) Second week in a row that I FAILED socially (we’re talking blog commentary here – I don’t count tweeting, which really doesn’t take much listening or effort.) Now that … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: October 2018
Meandering Monday about the Problems with Social Media
I need to be careful what I watch and pay attention to as a writer. If I spend too much time thinking and reading on a topic, I start seeing everything through that lens. I’m very interested in national politics, and it’s a very hard thing for me to turn the radio off and stop … Continue reading
Fractured Fragment Friday: “The Body”
Halloween is next week, so I’ll suggest an appropriate read for today’s Fractured Fragment – Here’s the blurb from “The Body” : A long-suffering, social-climbing son deals with more than the usual embarrassment of misbehaving parents, hoping to find acceptability in the certainty of their demise. If some things would just stay buried… Have you … Continue reading
Writing Wednesday: Writing Around the Block
Last week’s goals: The usual 3 blog posts. Stories cycled to market as soon as markets were available. I fell short on my commenting (how hard can it be to leave THREE comments in a week? Apparently too hard for me… 😉) “Breathing is Overrated” is all prepped for its October 26th release (it’s available … Continue reading
Meandering Monday about My Entropy
They say that the mind is the second thing that goes when you get older. I don’t remember what the first thing is/was. Or who THEY were, for that matter. There have been times when I felt the distinct ‘click!’ of my age kicking-in. I remember a company softball game when I was twenty-eight, where … Continue reading
Fractured Fragment Friday: “Breathing is Overrated”
Since I’ve just put “Breathing is Overrated” (my third Writers of the Future Honorable Mention) out online for its October 26th release date, we’ll go with that for Fractured Fragment Friday (and it’s a nice fit for Halloween, too.) Here’s the blurb: Left to die in the abyss of space, Jansen finds something to live … Continue reading
Writing Wednesday: Dangerous Discouragement
Last week’s goals: 3 blog posts. Stories cycled to market as soon as markets were available. Commenting in other folks’ blogs as mandated. I still need to create the cover for “Breathing is Overrated” in time for its October 26th release, but I think I have a handle on it now. Another week of making … Continue reading
Meandering Monday about Blogger’s Block
What to write about this time? For six years now, I’ve managed to drive my writing production – whether it’s short-fiction or blogging – by forcing myself to keep a schedule and a set of goals. In the case of my fiction, I set a number of stories to write each year. For my blog, … Continue reading
Fractured Fragment Friday: “Imperial Purrogative”
For Fractured Fragment Friday, since I’m currently working on my sixth AND seventh Herc Tom, Champion of the Empire stories, we’ll move onto the fifth Herc Tom tale – “Imperial Purrogative”: Champion of the Empire Hercules Tom is on the outs with Emperor Maxamillian and, Imperial Purrogative being what it is, has to deal with … Continue reading
Writing Wednesday: Unplanned Surprises
Last week’s goals: 3 blog posts. Stories cycled to market as soon as markets were available (I only have four currently in rotation.) Commenting in other folks blogs just enough. I made my quota with 3090 words of fiction, and still wrote some every day. Herc Tom #7 (still no title yet) sits at around … Continue reading
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