Forecast Friday: Mind Reading

The University of California has succeeded in building a brain-to-tweet interface that can predict what song the bird will sing before it starts (A new game – I can name that song in…) This is seen as a precursor to being able text with our minds (really? I find it hard to believe that THAT would … Continue reading →

Meandering Monday about the Shortness of Memory

9-11-2001. Every time this anniversary rolls around, it seems more and more unreal that it happened. But it did. I remember I’d gone into work early, and someone said a plane had crashed in New York, and sitting at my desk checking the news online. Getting home to my family and spending the day in … Continue reading →

Writing Wednesday: It Is Time to Stop Procrastinating

I plod along in pursuit of my goals… I’ve added eight markets that I didn’t have in my list before, but I’m having a little trouble making my seven-day max cycle from return to resubmission. I have eleven stories seeking publishers right now, and between the number of publishers that have closed permanently, or are … Continue reading →

Writing Wednesday: How Will I Remember It All?

Weekly goals just keep rolling along. Three blog posts, market rotations are good. ePubs (modified by revamping the blurbs on all 80 of my ePubs) still on schedule. I’m in the middle of Robert Heinlein’s The Moon is a Harsh Mistress – when I’m done I’ll need to read one more spec fiction novel. Wrote … Continue reading →

Meandering Monday about the Monkeys in My Head

“Why do an infinite number of monkeys always want to type “Hamlet”? What’s wrong with “Macbeth”? Why not something by Dickens or Poe?” – Tom Knapp I’m a writer – I KNOW I am. And yet… I often find myself at a loss for words. It’s not just a matter of the right word – … Continue reading →

Meandering Monday about What to Remember Today

Today is Memorial Day, a United States holiday set aside in memory of all those who gave the ultimate sacrifice in our armed services in defense of our freedoms – and those of others. Thank you to all those who are gone, and to the loved ones they left behind. Memorial Day is aptly named … Continue reading →

Meandering Monday about My Planned Obsolescence

I joke a lot about being old (I just completed another decade), although I have to admit I also feel like a kid (as evidenced by the ordeal my wife went through this weekend dealing with my child-like foolishness.) I’m well beyond the median age in the U.S. (37.9 years), so we’ll go with the … Continue reading →