I have been remiss in getting up the vacation posts, but I’ve started writing one and will get around to it, I promise. Mostly I’ve been writing and writing and… well writing. And that doesn’t count the time I’ve wasted on Twitter, which I’ve suddenly found infinitely more useful. For those of you who want…
I wish I were on the road again, but in this case I mean “back to real life instead of a long, slow, enjoyable vacation drive with the wife.” Yesterday was the start of my second week back to work since we returned, and the first day I finally hit my mark with writing again…
Today is Sunday, August 14th. The weather is steamy, summer is still gripping us by the balls, and it’s the last day of my two week vacation. I’ve never taken two weeks off in a row before and it was a novel and enjoyable experience. We hit the road on Friday afternoon, July 30th and…
Prepping for almost two weeks of vacation driving around the United States, visiting kitsch sites (largest ball of twine, to explain what that means). In the middle of the trip we’ll spend four days and three nights hiking in Colorado and camping under the stars. Should be a blast, and I’m looking forward to the…
2016 has been an absolute dumpster fire for the world, and in particular for the American political process. Sure, I knew going into 2015 that we’d have to put up with the usual election rigamarole kicking into gear a year and a half before we even voted (what I wouldn’t give for a system that…
In a burst of creativity this morning and with time to spare, it being a Saturday, I finished the final edits on Shadow of a Doubt, the first Mirabel Sinclair urban fantasy noir novel. Noir fantasy? Well you get the idea. Formerly known as Mercy Sinclair, but renamed due to the existence of Mercy Thompson,…
Just a jumble of random thoughts today as I try to catch back up with posting… Bernie gracefully ended his campaign and is supporting Clinton… and so am I. If you supported Bernie and believed in his causes, you will support her. Anyone who switches to supporting Trump wasn’t a true Sanders believer in the…
A fellow writer friend of mine posted this this morning, and I thought it was amazingly relevant in today’s climate. So enjoy your Fourth of July celebrations, and remember what it’s all for, folks, remember what freedom really stands for.
The halfway point of the year (unofficial) has come and gone. We are into the second six months. As always, it’s time for me to check in with how I’m doing. June was… spectacular. I wrote 43,568 words, including a little over 34,000 words on the comic fantasy novel. The average was 1450 plus words…
For my geek friends, the word Data invokes the image of an android man trying to be human, a modern tin man so to speak. We all loved Data, although after three Star Trek movies that showed him getting emotions and going a bit bat shit, the trope became tiring. There are other stories to…