Meandering Monday about the Fickleness of Fantasies

Did you ever find yourself disappointed in a movie because the dragons just don’t look real? (What does a real dragon look like, anyway?) We like our fantasies to be realistic. Of course, we want the negative, frightening, and painful fantasies to be unlikely (like Aliens), but that’s another matter. Back to dragons: who knows … Continue reading →

Meandering Monday about Who’s in My Head

I don’t have Turret’s. Wait – I should have started off with a disclaimer: The following ideation is not intended to be taken as scientific or medical research. The author has no formal training in the appropriate fields. The author has not been bothered to research the particular condition(s) mentioned, and makes several on-the-spot suppositions, … Continue reading →

Writing Wednesday: Remarkable

Goals: As usual, resubmissions to market are on schedule. Posted my three blog entries, and “Goddesses” made the May 5th release date (time to figure out what my June 4th release is – that may be a little hard, as the slush piles are moving slowly, and so my current crop hasn’t been to the … Continue reading →

Meandering Monday about My State of Mind

My wife and I do online surveys, and whenever they ask for demographic information, we like to clown around (to ourselves – we would NEVER answer any survey questions unseriously) (no, I really mean that.) When they ask what state we are in, we’ll joke and say CONFUSION, or DENIAL (but when we look through … Continue reading →

Writing Wednesday: How Can I Stay in the Story?

Last week was a decent week for accomplishments. Blog goals were met, “Some Kind of Luck” made its release date just in time. I had a couple more stories return and go back out to market. Heinlein would be pleased. Most importantly: “Breathing is Overrated” is finally out of my hair. I finished the first … Continue reading →

Writing Wednesday: Resetting and Restarting

So what happened last week? I continued maintaining my three blog postings per week, my recycling to market (I just discovered that “Some Kind of Luck” has been languishing in the slush pile of a defunct magazine for the last six months; it’s back out to market now.) I have until March 10th to release … Continue reading →

Meandering Monday about Getting Out (of My Head) a Bit

I spend too much time in my own head. It’s a hazard of fiction writing. Or is it that I’m able to write fiction BECAUSE of all the time I spend in there? Chicken or the egg, you know. Sometimes you have to come out for air and a change of perspective. I had another … Continue reading →