A Haiku Ill-Fit for the Season
Autumn time dreams shake loose oak leaves—a pretty death to hide the nightmares.
Writing
AW June Blog Chain: Setting the Scene
This is the first time I’m participating in a blog chain, but I’m excited to jump right in. Absolute Write is a great site. I highly suggest you check it out, if you haven’t already. The support from other writers there is incalculable! The previous person in the chain was: Aheïla The next person in the …
I Keep My Muse in the Cellar
Well, not exactly. I live in California and we don’t have cellars here. Nor do I have a basement. But I guess I have a cellar in the recesses of my mind. It’s a dark and dank place filled with cobwebs and crawling things that nibble on my toes when I’m not looking. It’s a …
Site Relaunch
Hello good readers of the Digital Inkwell blog. I trust the world didn’t collapse in my absence? Excellent. A few things to report. Our last pet rat passed away a bit ago. He was almost three, which is a record for us as rat owners. And, we’ve adopted two kitties. They’re father and son and …
Things Found While Job Hunting: My Encounter With a Craigslist Fetishist
A few months ago, I applied to a job on Craigslist. This isn’t out of the ordinary. I run a writing business and browse the writing ads on Craigslist with regularity. My interest is piqued when I come across ads looking for fiction writers. “You mean you want to pay me to write fiction?” my …
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And I’m Back. Again.
Okay, so it’s been nearly a year since I last blogged. Go ahead, unleash the shame cannon. I need to post regularly if anyone’s going to give a hoot (yes, I said hoot) about my life slogging through the writing world, but sometimes, I’d just rather be doing other things. Is that terrible to admit? …
Writing About Writing: The Ultimate Writer’s Curse?
I’ve noticed something. Now that I have a functional blog, all I want to do is blog. Well, when it comes to my personal writing time, that is. I have a bunch of short stories in progress, many edits that need to be completed and I just keep blogging away. What does this mean? I’m …
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The Dilemma of Dilemna
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 …
A Good Time for an Update
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 …
Committing Pen to Paper
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 …