Writer, Dabbler In Things
I sometimes shake my head at how badly I fumble even the basics of writing. There’s old writing advice that goes, essentially, that you should let the story be what it is. Meaning that whatever the story wants to be, let it be that. Don’t try to force it to be something other than what … Read more
I’ll share details as I can, and it’s frustrating trying to share good news without being able to actually specify much of what that news is, but suffice to say I’ve made a new professional writing connection who’s liked what I’ve pitched him and suggested about other material and he’s bringing me on board with … Read more
All of today’s posts (and more) occurred to me just today. It’s not lost on me that I’ve gone months (eek!) without adding much to this site, which is supposed to be increasingly my main place for yapping and updating would-be readers, and then have blitzed it with a few posts. Have I left Facebook … Read more
It was a several years back that I first met Ricky Lima, an independent comic creator. He was running a seminar on creating your own comics, which offered me a teasing glimpse into how to do so. Teasing because, of course, one can’t learn everything one needs to know about making comics in a couple … Read more
I believe since my last visit to the site, I’ve finished the first a themed short story collection. By “finish”, I mean I opted more to leave it once it got up to a certain collective length. And by “first draft” I actually mean more like the second draft (ok, maybe first and a half?)…
It’s abundantly clear that I won’t be posting here regularly, let alone daily. At least not right now…
I just finished spiral-bound notebook number 2 of my short story collection…
I was working on the “second draft” of my themed short story collection — the quotes are because it’s only technically a second draft, more accurately typing out the hand-written originals with only some editing done as I went — and was happy to see it’s up over 65,000 words now…
I’ve got the same problem that so many creative types do: Too many ideas and not enough time to get to all of them. It happens to people with a laser-tight focus on what they do, let alone those of us who are much more scattershot with their interests…
Welcome to my new website. It’s been a long time coming, but I seem — hope — to have a better idea about what I’d like to do with it this time around, which should keep it, and me, from stagnating…