Seven years ago today, I shared an entry here in which I mentioned a new book was knocking around my mind. I figured that book might take three or four years to get to a readable state -- with day job demands and a life to live. Seven years … [Continue reading]
Happiness by Carl Sandburg I asked the professors who teach the meaning of life to tell me what is happiness. And I went to famous executives who boss the work of thousands of men. They all shook their heads and gave me a smile as … [Continue reading]
It's not uncommon for me to chat with other writers and have the conversation steer toward this question: What do you listen to when you write? Even some writers I didn't expect to lose themselves in the question have a playlist on hand -- … [Continue reading]
Today, this little blog turns nine years old. In that time, I've been laid off from a long-term job that shut down most of a department. I freelanced with an airline in Guam and edited maintenance work cards for a major airline. I worked at a massive … [Continue reading]
I usually get 7 - 8 hours of sleep each night. But sometimes, usually near the end of a big writing project, my normal schedule falls away and I find myself filling gaps of time by writing. This means sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night … [Continue reading]
I listened to a great interview with Robert Goolrick yesterday. His road to publication was, like many, a bit rocky. A Well Worn Path Earlier in his life, he had a close call -- something he was so sure of, he packed up his life and moved to Greece … [Continue reading]
I've never been one to track my progress when it comes to writing. Generally, I try writing more days than not (4 days a week), but I don't even track that. If I really don't feel like writing on a particular day, I don't. But because I can see … [Continue reading]
September will be a busy month for me. Something fairly big at work is due in the middle of the month, and the current novel should be readable by the end of September. So...it's a good time to go silent online. The September Silence I've not … [Continue reading]
I was a 21 year-old punk when I met Cuyler Etheredge. I enrolled in the only creative writing class I ever took, and Cuyler was the instructor. At that time, I'd written the first thing I ever wrote with the goal of publication: a 12-page comic … [Continue reading]
I've never taken a social media break like the time I took the 101 day social media break. Hell, I've not done a full "September Silence" in a couple years... I've thought about doing both in recent days, but something makes it harder each … [Continue reading]
I'm still here. It's been a busy time with work...and a busy time writing. (Also, it's been remarkably rainy for August in Texas.) I cannot complain...especially about the rain and being busy writing. A Change in Schedule I normally wake up … [Continue reading]
I've not felt like I've been writing well, lately. Words creep along with greater effort than usual, and what sees the page is not good. One recent morning, things finally clicked along again, but a major problem presented itself. (The kind of … [Continue reading]
Ideas are easy to come by if you don't crowd your head with distractions. Ideas are even easier to come by if you question everything. The Slow Turn The other day while driving home from a store, a pickup truck in front of me made a very slow … [Continue reading]