Before we talk about anything else, how are you doing? I hope you are navigating the new reality we've all had to confront. Clearly this has been an experience unique in my lifetime, and I would venture a guess in yours as well. I hope you are persevering. What we're talking about... Full Disclosure: Not my water, not … Continue reading Dipping the toe
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Productive Despite Myself
Episode 11 is now available I may have mentioned, once or twice, that I co-host a podcast called Good Sentences. If you haven't checked it out go ahead over and take a look, (after you finish reading this, obviously!) This isn't really a plug for the podcast. If it were, I'd probably be a lot … Continue reading Productive Despite Myself
Recent Goings On
Perhaps the best thing to do, here at the outset, it to review some recent events. Hold on a second while I double check some dates... Okay, got it! On 4 February, Craig Hart revealed to his VIP Readers Group, that a seventh book in the Shelby Alexander Thriller series was being written, and that … Continue reading Recent Goings On
Bounty
It's a great word, "bounty." It can mean a price upon one's head. It's a brand of paper towel. It was a ship which, if my memory serves, Marlon Brando once took by mutiny. I might have been able to find you a picture illustrating bounty that used the same font, but the accompanying image … Continue reading Bounty
Back In The Saddle
I've always loved that expression: "back in the saddle." Not that I've been in a literal saddle in the past 50 years or so (since day camp in the 1960's I think), but I'm always hopping into figurative saddles and racing off somewhere. In my last, brief post, I mentioned that I'd gotten caught up in a side-project … Continue reading Back In The Saddle
The Honeymoon
In the midst of all the excitement over the release of my second novel in the Cerah of Quadar series, (perhaps you've heard? Many Hidden Rooms is now available?) I haven't done much writing about what I'm writing currently. (Don't you hate writers that write about writing? I should write something about that one day!) This seems … Continue reading The Honeymoon
Out Of The Blue
I have indicated in the past that I'm a bit of a "fly by the seat of my britches" kind of writer. I have an idea of where I want to start and a less well-formed idea of where I want to finish, and then I kind of sit back and see what happens along … Continue reading Out Of The Blue
And They’re In The Stretch
I don’t use a lot of horse racing lingo in my day-to-day speech. I just never developed the depth of love and dedication that the Sport of Kings requires of its devotees, and as such only those terms and clichés most fully integrated into the English language, (or at least the bastardized version we Yanks … Continue reading And They’re In The Stretch
Editing Nightmares
I've probably mentioned it in passing, (I've actually whined about it repeatedly), but I hate editing. I get that, especially for the impoverished indie writer, it's a necessary evil, part of the gig, just another bump in the road, [add your cliché here]. I get it. But it still sucks. Last night, while I was … Continue reading Editing Nightmares
So This Writer Goes On Vacation…
Stop me if you've heard this one. A writer goes on vacation and... no a real vacation. Not just three days vegetating on the couch watching 24 on DVD. I'm talking about an actual get-in-the-car-and-drive-somewhere-else vacation. So this writer goes on one and brings his laptop, because, hey! it's a vacation and all, but there might be a chance … Continue reading So This Writer Goes On Vacation…
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