Writing Wednesday: I Have Some Explaining to Do

Usually, the first part of Writing Wednesday is where I just list out the status of my goals. There’s only a couple of months left this year, so it’s time for me to do some explaining (or re-explaining) about my goals and objectives (the methods to my madness); I’ll go into a little more detail … Continue reading →

Meandering Monday about Wanting to be Famous

The day I decided to write this post, Felicity Huffman was all over the news. She’s in prison for cheating to get her child into a university. Lots of pictures of her in prison. News that her husband got to visit her. News about another person/ other people fighting the same charges. You notice I … Continue reading →

Fractured Fragment Friday: “Stalking Rebecca” (and a Coupon!)

“Stalking Rebecca” grew from another voice in my head that declared “Stalking is hard work” (this story actually got me some odd responses when I was shopping it around to various markets, including an admonition that I was advocating a behavior that didn’t comport with their mission statement. Come on folks – vampires are not … Continue reading →

Writing Wednesday: That’s Right – WRITE!

Weekly Goals: I made my three blog posts, and continued commenting on the blogs of others. Since deciding that my next release will be November 8th, I’ve done nothing to prepare for it – I need to start soon (trying to decide if this Herc Tom collection will be two stories (a total of 31,000 … Continue reading →

Meandering Monday about Breaking Rules and Laws

As a writer, I know that there are rules about how things are SUPPOSED to be done. Rules or grammar, of spelling, of punctuation. There are also rules/expectations that are peculiar to whatever genre you happen to be writing – things that, say, would be perfectly okay in a Romance, but unacceptable in a Western. … Continue reading →

Fractured Fragment Friday: “Victimless” (and a Coupon!)

“Victimless” came from annoyance with the number of television programs I’d seen recently that try to paint convicted criminals who happen to have children as pitiful victims themselves. The push seems to be to stop punishing parents who are criminals because their innocent children will suffer (almost feels like an opportunity for these parents to … Continue reading →

Writing Wednesday: Starting Back Up, But If I Tell You…

Weekly Goals: I made my three blog posts, and managed to comment on a few blogs. No stories are currently waiting to be sent to market – just two waiting to return. I had planned for my next release to be October 25th, but in light of the fact that our house repair turmoil will … Continue reading →

Meandering Monday about Seeking Truth Instead of Accepting Things from Thugs

I’m a pretty level individual. That is different from balanced, as many people who know me will tell you. I don’t generally allow my emotions to run amok, although I will let my thoughts go on flights of fancy and sometimes lose track of reality. Like that time when I was heavily into Dungeons & Dragons … Continue reading →

Fractured Fragment Friday: “Goddesses” (and a Coupon!)

Sometimes monologues come unbidden in my mind, through one of the many voices that wander about in there. One day, a man irritatedly grumbled that “There must be a dozen of them on this beach. I hate goddesses…” I wondered who this man was, and what might happen on a beach full of REAL Goddesses, … Continue reading →

Writing Wednesday: Am I Blocked?

Weekly Goals: Last week was a disappointment all around. I could blame it on the continual tyrmoil of life and home repairs (but there’s more to it below the asterisks.) Aside from making my three blog posts, I accomplished nothing else in my weekly goals. No comments on the blogs of others, and not a … Continue reading →