Are you a glass half full (optimist), or a glass half empty (pessimist)person? Or as George Carlin used to say, “The glass is too big” (complainer?) kind of person? Or maybe you’re a “The glass is half full of hemlock” one (a realist, perhaps?)? So much of life is ruled by how you choose to … Continue reading
Mental invasion and control is something that keeps cropping up in my work. In “My Brother’s Keeper,” I took the medieval notion of demonic possession, which some “science” now tries to explain away as probable psychological disorders – I’m not sure I buy into that. What if there is such a thing as possession, but … Continue reading
Last week’s progress: Three blog posts as per usual. I Just discovered an email I had overlooked; “Truth in Advertising” was actually rejected back in November, so I’ve lost three months of shopping it around because I thought it was still under consideration. My commenting on others’ blogs continues to be adequate. My March 1st … Continue reading
First week of 2019 goals: 3 blog posts done as usual. Stories cycled to market in a timely manner. I resumed making adequate comments on others’ blogs (I’ve allocated time on Saturdays to make sure I spend some effort on this – hopefully I’ll be more consistent with my “socializing.”) “Cats Out of the Bag” … Continue reading
Welcome to the first Meandering Monday of 2019! I’ve been enjoying watching some series with my significant one. She’s heavily into Father Brown, and we’ve also discovered The Doctor Blake Mysteries. Both shows have a similar premise – a man who by profession is NOT a detective goes around behind the backs of the authorities … Continue reading
Welcome to the first Fractured Fragment Friday of 2019! Sometimes when we’re looking forward to the new year, we also look back to the past. The excerpt for this week finds a young man who looks into his family’s past and finds something he wasn’t expecting. Here’s the blurb for “Inheritance”: When Amun discovers that … Continue reading
Happy New Year! This is my first blog posting of 2019, so I’ll do my weekly goals recap, then follow that with the 2018 Annual Goals (and Excuses) Report, and then my goals for the new year (sorry if this makes today’s post a long, dry read, but it’s important to check where I was, … Continue reading
