Hold The Door

As a story teller, I like to note those remarkable moments when a story line I am engaged in transcends the usual level of interest and pulls me in fully, makes me ponder life, ties me into a character’s arc in a deeper and more profound way.  Those moments when you have a deeper emotional…

A New Study Says…

I hate those words.  Hate them.  A new study says means you are about to be regaled with some sort of pseudo pop-science junk news that is designed to either make you feel totally cool about your horribly bad habits (“eating lots of chocolate helps you lose weight!”) or make you feel like total shit…

Closing Out April

Spring came.  It didn’t wait until the end of May, it came in April this year, with nice sunny days and many warm one as well.  It’s taken a little vacation so its been cooler and a bit damp lately, but not so much its bothersome.  Still, all in all it was a very nice…

The Three

A little 5,800 word short comedic fantasy story I wrote for one of the contests that the forum Fantasy Writers posts monthly on Reddit. EDIT:  Voting is long over, so I removed that link. ˜ The Three  “Haur, noo, Reggie, gie us ‘at story again.”  Mouser rubbed his back as he rode stiffly on his…

March is Magical

Of course I mean March is magical if by magical I mean “awful.”  We’ve been hit by the plague.  I started getting sick Tuesday evening, was in full-blown illness by Wednesday midday, and was off my feet most of Thursday and Friday.  I was moving around more Saturday and Sunday, but still haven’t overcome the…

Closing Out January

As I close out the month of January, I’m pretty pleased with my results.  I’ve written every day this month, with a high of 2400 words (today, which is a Saturday) and only a couple of “bad” days where I managed to only get 100 to 200 words.  I’m closing in on 40,000 words for…

Snowfucked2016 – Blizzard Survival Tips

No, this was not “winter storm <some stupid dumbass weather channel name>”.  Seriously, just give it up, weather channel, no one is buying it.  Hurricanes get named, blizzards get a year.  The blizzard of 2016.  End of discussion, your marketing scheme has failed.  If we must name them, the people will come up with clever,…

23,714

23.714 words.  As of this morning, January 20th, I’ve written 23,714 words of literature.  I’m pretty gobsmacked by that number, actually.  It’s more than 4,500 words above the amount I set for myself based on a daily expected average of 959 words.  I’ve completed one story but for the ending, have made real progress into…

School’s Back in Session

It snuck up on me, it did.  The Holidays came and went, and I’ve been on a “learn all about typewriters” binge since I got my Smith Corona before Christmas.  I almost pulled the trigger on an early 1970’s Olympia SM9, considered by some to be the finest manual typewriter (portable, though it’s a big…