Last Week’s Goals All blogs posted on schedule. One story returned from market. The form rejection was uninformative as usual, but it was a new story, and after I sent it out I worried that it wasn’t speculative enough for the markets I send to. The story was written for a prompt in my writing … Continue reading
I saw “reporting” this weekend on multiple sites saying Donald Trump called his wife Mercedes during his CPAC speech. When I looked at a couple of the articles, they seemed to be heavily reliant on social media posts (and we know those are never biased.) What legit news organization – actually touting its content as … Continue reading
“Out of Place” started with an inside joke – the opening “Bunnies!” line is something I shout (but softly) every time I see one in our North Dallas neighborhood. We’re being overrun with all sorts of creatures – rabbits, raccoons, hawks, coyotes, buzzards, bobcats, etc. I thought it would be fun to take the neighborhood … Continue reading
Last Week’s Goals All my blog posts went out as scheduled. None of my stories returned from market, but I had two new ones to send out, and I found markets for both. All available stories are currently seeking traditional publication. The Carrollton League of Writers has released our third anthology, titled The Sky We … Continue reading
An immigration system is supposed to help a country regulate who it allows in. Generally, any country wants people who will contribute to the nation and the society, while assimilating into the culture. America used to be the great melting pot – people wanted to come here because of how great our national culture was … Continue reading
We’re all familiar with the notion that sometimes the wrong people are in charge – through an accident of birth, or cronyism, or plain dumb luck people wind up in charge of underlings who are more qualified, leaving the underlings to question their masters’ intelligence. I thought to explore the idea with servant robots, but … Continue reading
Last Week’s Goals All my blog posts went out as scheduled. I had one story return from market, and it was sent back out another market. All available stories are currently seeking traditional publication. The Carrollton League of Writers has released our third anthology, titled The Sky We Touch. I have eleven stories in the … Continue reading
So, the truths that I see from the Special Counsel report on Joe Biden’s document mishandling. Joe Biden had classified (or higher) documents from his days in the Senate and/or the VICE Presidency, neither of which he would have been authorized to keep. The special counsel decides not to press charges on Biden’s felony handling … Continue reading
The thought of an old farmer burying children underground popped into my head, and I had to have a reason why (Oops! I guess that’s a spoiler…) In “Burial Details”, Earth is invaded by aliens intent on a slow but sure genocide. Here’s the Blurb Be sure to bury your charges deep.An old farmer scraping … Continue reading
Last Week’s Goals All my blog posts went out as scheduled. I had one story return from market, and it was sent back out another market. All available stories are currently seeking traditional publication. The Carrollton League of Writers has released our third anthology, titled The Sky We Touch. I have eleven stories in the … Continue reading
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