A unique high
There are many buzzes I get at various stages of writing…
On Martial Arts For Children
I’ve long wanted to get into martial arts myself — I haven’t, for any number of reasons/excuses, although my brief dabble with a friend’s capoeira classes was really enjoyable — as a means of both regular exercise and learning self-defense.
Then along came Laila…
The ‘What I’ve Been Doing’ Update
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?)…
Back for more
It’s abundantly clear that I won’t be posting here regularly, let alone daily. At least not right now…
The Long and Tiring Road
I just finished spiral-bound notebook number 2 of my short story collection…
Move Forward
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…
National Haiku Poetry Day
My father informed me that it’s National Haiku Poetry Day. I’m not sure which Nation we’re talking about here, but I’ve opted to just roll with the spirit of the thing…
On Creative Flow
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…
Intros and greetings
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…
NYC Midnight Short Story contest update
April 2 – Round 2 of the contest deadlined last night. Getting by with a little — make that a lot — of help from some of the usual cadre of beta (gamma, delta…) readers, my story was as polished as it was going to get and it was submitted with time to spare…