Last Week’s Goals: All my blog posts went out according to schedule. I had one submission return, and immediately sent it back out to market. I wrote on six days last week. I made my daily quota on only one of those days, and came up short again with only 1,192 words toward my weekly … Continue reading
Too many thoughts running through my head today, too many troubling things. Yet, when I try to wrestle one of them onto the page, there is nothing there to get a hold of, as though all there is in the windmills of my mind is empty air. So today I will be meandering by myself. … Continue reading
We’re going to spend a few Fractured Fragment Fridays with Detective Jimmy Delaney, This week with the series starter: “In a Flash.” So, where did Jimmy come from? He started with an off-hand comment, someone wishing they could just plug a flash drive into their head and get the knowledge and skills they needed without … Continue reading
I’m a PANTSER (a discovery writer for those of you who are uninitiated); the words pour out, and I make adjustments after the draft comes out. Despite the fact that most aptitude and personality tests (such as Strengthsfinder) say I’m highly analytical, I seem to have a block when it comes to applying analysis to my writing. I can FEEL whether something works, but it’s difficult (to say the least) to apply other people’s rules to my stories. Continue reading
So, the agenda-setting New York Times is finally admitting that the Hunter Biden laptop story wasn’t Russian misinformation at all (the MSM networks seem to be ignoring the story for now, sort of like whistling past a possible cemetery. But if the Times is saying it, they will have to come around to acknowledging the … Continue reading
Today is the release day for “Getting Personal.” I had two self-made story prompts that I referenced for “Getting Personal” – each entered into my IDEAS file over ten years ago: Personal Injury Specialists – when the injury needs to be personal, and Dangerous Bidding. I know the story that resulted had next to nothing … Continue reading
Last Week’s Goals My blog posts made it out on schedule. I had two stories return from market. One of them (“Two Buttons to Eternity”) has been submitted to another market per Heinlein’s rules. The other may be a Heinlein violation – we shall see. It is the topic of this week’s post. “Getting Personal” … Continue reading
It’s amazing what a year of poor, feckless leadership can do. I have gone from being proud of the U.S. to being ashamed. What does that mean? I happen to think this is the best/greatest country in the world. I am not ashamed of our founding documents or principles. Sure, it would have been nice … Continue reading
My next release (scheduled for March 18th) will be “Getting Personal” I had two self-made story prompts that I referenced for “Getting Personal” – each entered into my IDEAS file over ten years ago: Personal Injury Specialists – when the injury needs to be personal, and Dangerous Bidding. I know the story that resulted had … Continue reading
Last Week’s Goals My blog posts made it out on schedule, and I didn’t have any stories return from market, so they’re all out there as they should be. My next scheduled release day is March 18th. The story will be “Getting Personal”, which I have barely started to prepare for publication. I still need … Continue reading
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