Meandering Monday about Greener Grass

Jealousy and envy are human nature – it’s why the Bible has prohibitions against them (any religion worth its salt should be pushing its adherents to be better than the animals – to hold us to a higher standard – instead of patting us on the back and telling us we’re perfect.) It isn’t amazing … Continue reading →

Meandering Monday about the Reality of Perception

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 →

Meandering Monday about Groundhog Day

I have a fondness for Groundhog Day – the movie where Bill Murray is a self-centered cynic forced to spend time in a small Pennsylvania town to do a news story about the traditional sighting of Puxatony Phil on Groundhog Day. Except he stays in the town for one day – and lives that same … Continue reading →

Meandering Monday about Doomed Repetition

Those who do not remember history (or the past) are doomed to repeat it. With my own shoddy memory, I have the advantage of not dwelling on things that have gone wrong, but I also don’t remember what to avoid and how I got out of the situation once in it the first time. Is … Continue reading →

Writing Wednesday: The Devil with the Details

Goals watchlist: 3 blog posts. Stories cycled to market as soon as markets were available. “The Voices” eBook released on time last week. I made comments the requisite number of blogs (just barely.) I wrote a piddling 993 words on Herc Tom, Champion of the Empire #6 (yes, still with no title – I like to … Continue reading →

Writing Wednesday: What Is Etched In Stone?

Goals from last week: 3 blog posts. Stories cycled to market as soon as markets were available. ePublications are still on schedule, but I have a week-and-a-half to choose and prep my August 17th release. I finished reading the fourth book in Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time series and have begun the fifth. I … Continue reading →

Forecast Friday: Focusing on the Future

No, this isn’t some distant future speculation for life and the universe – this is just Bill thinking of where he is now at the midpoint of 2018, and what he needs to do next. It looks like I’m on schedule to wrap up the latest revision of Swordsmaster this weekend. I’m taking notes on … Continue reading →