I have a problem. You see, I have this tendency to get a bit over-exuberant when it comes to story ideas and try to write four or five at once. I know, I know. “Don’t start another story until you finish the one in progress,” some say. “You’re setting yourself up for failure,” others offer. …
Today was Talk Like a Pirate Day. This may have been confusing for some who didn’t know of this glorious day, with all the “arrs” and “avast me mateys.” Nevertheless, today is meant for honoring all that is piracy in the grand old romanticized sense of the term. In honor of me hearties, here are …
Okay. I have a problem. I tried to write the word dilemma a bit ago and kept getting little red squiggles beneath my repeated spelling attempts. Dilemna is what I wanted to type, but my word processor would have none of it. I could have sworn dilemma had an “n” in it. But no. A …
Earlier today, I posted on my Twitter account that I was holding a mini-contest for my own amusement. Whoever could guess how many articles I could write in a two hour period would be able to pick a character name and topic for a Twitter-based story that I would write on demand! Exciting, right? @liquidtopazeyes …
SATURDAY, AUGUST 29, 2009 Ever since I was a kid, I wanted to be a writer. Okay, so that might be overstating things a bit. I can distinctly remember a period when I was fifteen or so when I didn’t want to be much of anything. However, when I was three, hadn’t a clue about …
WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 2009 I should never make broad generalizations like, “I’m going to keep this blog updated from now on,” anymore. Really. As soon as the words appear on the screen and I hit publish it’s like I’ve jinxed myself. This has happened enough times for me to know better. So no more grand …
TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 2009 I haven’t updated this in a while, so I thought I’d give it a go. Work’s been picking up lately. Have quite a few projects on my plate. Unfortunately, this means there’s been less time for submitting fiction and the like. But now that tax time is here again, it’s good …
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2009 I’ve never really blogged about my fiction writing before, specifically the submittal process, so I thought I’d take an opportunity to do that right now. I’ve been submitting stories on and off since around November of 2007, but this has hardly been consistent. I did so pretty regularly up until about …
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2008 Even though I tend to drift into my thoughts more and more these days, I’m always reminded to see the positive in things. Even when I don’t have the answers to the questions that nag at the back of my mind, I persevere. I guess I’m just naturally hopeful in spite …
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2008 I have a problem. You see, when I started out this career as a writer, I was excited. Overjoyed, really. My brain overflowed with words and phrases that couldn’t wait to leap from mere thought to actuality. I took any and every job I could get. I was exhilarated at the …
