Writer, Dabbler In Things
When I got into longer form writing after my initial ages of writing short fiction, I initially started off with plotting ahead of time. But I quickly found I’d lost some interest after writing things out. Maybe the ideas didn’t have enough merit to hold a longer form, or maybe — as I’ve long assumed … Read more
As you’ve probably guessed from recent posts, I’ve gotten drawn into the Matthew Dicks universe lately, and he’s opened my eyes to a few things. Not just how much time I waste day-to-day noodling on the phone or otherwise not being as productive as I could be — he’s laser-focused on being as productive as … Read more
Whoa. I’ve just had perhaps the most Can’t See The Forest For The Trees moment of my life, if it proves to be true. I’m back to baby-stepping my way through Natalie Goldberg’s book Writing Down The Bones — Freeing The Writer Within, which is a collection of thought-chapters about the process of writing. This … Read more
Back in February, Steven Lawson, a gent I follow on Mastodon, had a brainstorm to start up a Monochrome March movement. The idea, as he put it, was for anyone interested in participating to post monochrome photos that were newly taken. I immediately knew I was going to join in. I told him that I … Read more
As of this writing, I have five active email addresses. That I can recall. There are quite possibly more I’m not remembering at the moment.That’s a lot. It’s entirely too many.The thing is, I didn’t mean for that to happen, the list just kind of naturally grew as things changed and came up.Now I’m trying … Read more
So it’s a wrap. Looking back on the last 30 days, and in no particular order, here are my thoughts on my first crack at Blaugust: I can manage to write every dayThis is a big one. I managed to pull off a few years of doing something creative every day, before I totally dropped … Read more
My wife is a teacher and my teen is of course a student, which means that come the end of every school year, they’re suddenly around home a lot more and we do a lot more together. And that’s sincerely great. But… It also makes for a couple of months of busyness above and beyond … Read more
I went to my first Fan Expo yesterday and managed to get in one seminar led by experienced panellists. The second seminar was a bust because, whether by some miscommunication from the staff or some other reason — we were told by a staff member that the location of the seminar had changed at some … Read more