Writing Wednesday: More About Me, Detective Jimmy Delaney, and Writing Backwards

Last Week’s Goals My blog entries were all posted on schedule. I was double checking my story spreadsheet, and discovered that one of my stories (“Installment Plan”) that was out to market wasn’t overdue for a reply from the traditional publisher after all – it was rejected a month ago, but the email was lost … Continue reading →

Meandering Monday about Why You MUST See Pinocchio, Whether You Like It Or Not

My Significant One and I just finished watching Pinocchio (the 2019 version – or it might be 2020 – with Roberto Benigni as Geppetto – Italian dubbed in English.) On a night when we were determined to watch a new movie we hadn’t seen before, we were struggling to make a decision. She had expressed … Continue reading →

Fractured Fragment Friday: An AI Grows from Passengers Trapped in Limbo “In Robert’s Memory”

“In Robert’s Memory” started out with the idea of a sort of Titanic in space, awaiting rescue after a calamity. The pun of a title may have been the germ of the story – but I’m not sure. This is a story about a ship’s computer whose memory becomes contaminated by human inhabitants. In a … Continue reading →

Writing Wednesday: More About Me and Detective Jimmy Delaney

Last Week’s Goals My blog entries were all posted on schedule, and all my available stories are circulating out in the markets. My next indie release is scheduled for April 16th is still planned as Herc Tom #11, so if you haven’t read 1-10, now would be a good time to start (hint, hint – … Continue reading →

Meandering Monday about Four Boxes and the State of ‘Dis Union

(I’m a big fan of puns and double entendres…) I have been trying to totally ignore politics for the last couple of months or so. This was for the sake of my own mental health (it’s hard to feel stable when I find myself alone in the car yelling at the radio), my relationships (who … Continue reading →

Fractured Fragment Friday: “Choosing the Right Time” for Time Travel Tourism

I love time travel stories, especially the variety of theories on how it could work (if it could work – I’ve heard that the idea is now discredited, and should be moved from science fiction to fantasy. Snobs.) We all have things we regret about our lives, and that we wish we could do over, … Continue reading →

Writing Wednesday: The Trials of a Pantser Trying To Maintain Series Consistency

Last Week’s Goals My blog entries were all posted on schedule, and all my available stories are circulating out in the traditional publisher markets. That includes “A Difficult Conversation” – my first COMPLETED short fiction for 2021 (that is the working title, but not the final one, which has been withheld from this post to … Continue reading →

Meandering Monday about My Confusion About When Appropriation Is Appropriate

Our cancel culture seems to be intent on removing words from our dialog (and without words, what’s left?) Sorry, I’m a writer, and part of my thinking revolves around the importance of FREEDOM OF SPEECH and its sister FREEDOM OF THOUGHT. If certain words are outlawed from being spoken, how easy is it to address … Continue reading →

Fractured Fragment Friday: Amun May Not Want What’s Coming To Him In This “Inheritance”

“Inheritance” came from a combination of grave-robbers, the artifacts AND servants buried in tombs, and a touch of being careful what you wish for. Wealth isn’t always what you think, and just as one man’s trash is another man’s treasure, it works in reverse, too. Here’s the Blurb When Amun discovers that his family is … Continue reading →

Writing Wednesday: Writer’s Groups and Rewriting Loops – OOPS!

Last Week’s Goals My blog entries were all posted on their days, although I had to manually push one of them (I think WordPress changed the progression  of buttons I have to push to schedule a post for a particular day and time, and I’m missing the extra SCHEDULE button; I need be careful of … Continue reading →