I talk frequently about being immortal. How would you prove I’m not… TO ME. You can’t just wait until I die (of NATURAL causes, mind you) and then say, “SEE BILL, YOU AREN’T IMMORTAL, ARE YOU?” – because if you were right, I wouldn’t hear you say it. Of course, I might hear you from … Continue reading
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Meandering Monday about Living in Nostalgia
No, not what you think… We all have memories of how things were when we were younger (just as a frame of reference, we were ALWAYS younger in the past, so the two are synonymous), and we call it nostalgic when we’re talking about memories of a time when we think things were better. My … Continue reading
Fractured Fragment Friday: “In Robert’s Memory” (and coupons!)
“In Robert’s Memory” started out with the idea of a sort of Titanic in space, awaiting rescue after a calamity. The pun of a title may have been the germ of the story – but I’m not sure. This is a story about a ship’s computer whose memory becomes contaminated by human inhabitants. In a … Continue reading
Meandering Monday about Leaving the Iron On (it was THEM!)
These days, I spend a lot o time trying to remember things like WHY DID I WALK INTO THIS ROOM? (I’ve had this problem at least back to my teens, and I have distinct memories of wondering why I was in the room, then remembered I was looking for a pencil, and THEN realized that … Continue reading
Fractured Fragment Friday: “In a Flash” (and a coupon!)
I will now turn Fractured Fridays toward one of my two series – Detective Jimmy Delaney. I didn’t intend to write a detective story, let alone a series. Sure, I like to have a little mystery, misdirection and reveal in my fiction, but I write speculative fiction (sci-fi, fantasy, and light horror), not police and … Continue reading
Writing Wednesday: Can This Writer Change His Spots?
Last week’s goals: Made my three blog postings and my quota for comments on the blogs of others in typically lackluster fashion. I’ve continued reading Terry Pratchett’s Discworld with Feet of Clay. Discworld is a heavily storied series, and there are even sub-series listed, so I decided to stick with The Night Watch stories since … Continue reading
Meandering Monday about Remembering a Whole Lot of Life Happening
I remember doing an exercise a few years back when I was first getting into writing. I was working through this book I still have somewhere (if I was writing this at home, I could probably turn around and find it in the bookcase, but the slab leak has us out of the house right … Continue reading
Meandering Monday about Leaving a Mark
We live in an age where people seem focused on trying to achieve their fifteen seconds of fame. For many, it doesn’t matter WHAT the cause of that fame is – FAME – as mercurial as it is – is the objective. It’s human to want to be noticed, but even more human to want … Continue reading
Fractured Fragment Friday: “The Unreliability of the Mature Mind”
“The Unreliability of the Mature Mind” is an ongoing concern for me as I watch my memory slip further from being reliable. I wondered – if you had an advanced brain-washing technique that involved creating false memories by building new neural connections, would it work with people whose neural pathways aren’t holding together? Could dementia … Continue reading
Writing Wednesday: Flip-Flopping
Goal report for last week: Three blog posts done as usual. Still looking for an open market to send “Date Night” to. Made enough comments on other people’s blogs. I’ve selected my March 12th, release – it will be “Reining Cats and Dogs” (Herc Tom, Champion of the Empire #7.) Haven’t started prepping the eBook … Continue reading
