Meandering Monday about Trying To Get a Read on THE END OF THE WORLD

I’ve now been without a day-job for two whole weeks. The last time this happened was in 2000, after my customers decided they didn’t need my programming services any longer, once I’d made the world (or at least my clients) safe from the software perils of Y2K. You might remember this if you’re forty or … Continue reading →

Fractured Fragment Friday: “The Wolves Will Come” (and a coupon!)

The expression “The Wolves Will Come” was supposed to be a negative and represent a danger; colonists are on the run from their enemies, and they are forced to leave their home and their elderly behind. I wanted the elder to be abandoned by necessity, but proudly, not as a victim. It wasn’t until I … Continue reading →

Writing Wednesday: Getting Things Back in Order

Last week’s goals: I made my weekly quota (and timing) for my blog posts. I also managed to spend some time commenting on others’ blogs – hopefully I can continue to take advantage of my newfound “freedom” (the freedom of not having a day-job) to keep up with and exceed my goals. The publication of … Continue reading →

Meandering Monday about What Day It Is…

Today is the …10th day since I officially lost my day-job. For most of my adult life, the existence of external employment, with its accompanying schedule, has helped to keep me anchored to a weekly calendar all these years. Now I am unmoored. Days run together, bearing no particular name to reference. Time is suspended. … Continue reading →

Fractured Fragment Friday: “Flee Markets” (and a coupon!)

I wrote “Flee Markets” just to play around with the unoriginal notion of a transitory shop, but it became a story about escapes. Samantha wants to escape from a humdrum summer – she’s mostly thinking in terms of escaping into fantasy literature, but encounters Phineas – a renegade shop-owner who has more to offer than … Continue reading →

Writing Wednesday: I Am Published, and Therefore I Am

Last week’s goals: Right up front, the loss of my day-job last week, as noted this past Meandering Monday has thrown a wrench in the works. Aside from the effect on my ability to think, I’m also dealing adapting to the older or less familiar technology I have available to me now. I made my … Continue reading →

Meandering Monday about How I’m Dealing with Change

2020 is not shaping up as my favorite year. We’ve had the health impacts and self-inflicted economic disaster of Covid-19, followed by the anarchy of not-so-peaceful protests (folks, it’s called RIOTING AND ANARCHY.) Then last week – SURPRISE!!! I was informed that I no longer have a day-job – specifically that my job had become … Continue reading →

Fractured Fragment Friday: “Cannabis Alienus ‘alien dope’” (and a coupon!)

“Cannabis alienus ‘alien dope’” originated from something that really happened to me (no, not the alien slug.) My family moved out of state before my junior year of high school, and two years later (after graduation) I made a trip back to what used to be home to try reconnecting with people I knew. Aside … Continue reading →

Writing Wednesday: Being a Creature of Habits

Last week’s goals: I made my weekly quota for blog posts and for commenting on other people’s blogs. I had two stories return from market (writers’ code for rejected) at the end of last week – they have been rotated back out the door. My next epublication release date (June 19) is fast approaching for … Continue reading →

Meandering Monday about Living in Nostalgia

No, not what you think… We all have memories of how things were when we were younger (just as a frame of reference, we were ALWAYS younger in the past, so the two are synonymous), and we call it nostalgic when we’re talking about memories of a time when we think things were better. My … Continue reading →