Nothin’ Doin’
No, actually, there is nothing going on. What are you doing here? There’s nothing to read! Words. Wordy word words. Yeah, Grammarly is going to have a hot field day telling me how many things are wrong...
View ArticleGood Morning!
It’s bright, it’s early, and the day is full of possibilities! I’m partially caffeinated. I should get another cup of that. I have words in my head that I need to gush a bit on paper. My Minecraft AFK...
View ArticleTearing Down, Building Up
I am not a professional. You should not listen to me! There is the truth. I talk like I know the walk, but I’m a baby, with tiny little baby steps, parroting words I don’t understand. Are we clear?...
View ArticleSurround yourself with friends
There’s a thing I read if not every day, then frequently. I suppose you could call it an essay? I’m not certain. Mastery, by Stewart Emery I like it all, but there are a couple places that really...
View ArticleSick caught me out again
A mild cold accompanied by fever last night has taken words from me, but I’m not going to beat myself up about that because there’s nothing to do. If I don’t get better, no words. I have fever armor....
View ArticleOn tonight’s plate
I need to spend as much time this weekend finishing up my Dragon Words, because April is rushing up on me and I’d like to have that project at least “story done” if not also edited before the A to Z...
View ArticleSa-tur-DAY
Watching Minecraft, waiting for the room to get quiet enough for me to concentrate on writing, and failing that, I’ll sit in my car for an hour. That’s been working very well while I’m at work, by the...
View ArticleThe day is over, the mini-Vacation begins!
Quite a long title for today’s post, but my entire day has been focused on taking the next two days off of work. Let me explain. No, there is too much. Let me sum up. (Name that film, please!) So I...
View ArticleRidiculous amounts of spam
I love having a blog, but maybe a side effect of posting a lot is that I’m getting ridiculous amounts of spam slipping through Akismet. It’s definitely turned on, and it’s definitely doing its job...
View Article*ahem*
I am trying to change up my morning routine. I mentioned it in my last post that I have been waking up early. Ridiculously early, because I am also still a night owl by nature. Instead of waking as...
View ArticleRunaway
Run away, two words, actually. I’m gonna ban myself from fun stuff for a while. I have some letters I need to write, and I’m certainly not going to get them done while watching YouTube and letting...
View ArticleBack in the saddle again!
Did you just hear that song run through your head? It ran through mine. Very loudly. School starts today! My son is already in class, and my daughter will be there in an hour. Already it feels right. I...
View ArticleI’m gonna name it “Pumpkin Spice” so people buy it
I bought a book this week (or last week at this point, actually) entitled Bambi vs Godzilla. I bought it strictly because of the title, although later when I discovered the subtitle was, “On the...
View ArticleHow to show passion for the thing you love
Because Jamiefriend asked, here’s my take on how to show your passion for the thing you do for the love of the thing: Do it a lot. Don’t hide that you’re doing it if you want attention for doing it....
View ArticleSquish your story with a bunch of other stories?
Jamie is still providing me with blog topics, which is probably a good thing because otherwise, I might have let this string of posts die off. It occurred to me this morning that perhaps I should put...
View ArticleWell I was looking forward to it, but then…
I’m going to tell myself it’s not an excuse, and then you can decide whether or not to believe me. Tuesday night, January through September, is a night for me to get to hang out with my friends. We...
View ArticleMy favorite bit of writing advice
You have permission to write badly. I really like that little gem. It especially applies to National Novel Writing Month, but I find, in general, when I give myself permission to write whatever I want...
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