Okay … I admit I’m sometimes more than a bit dense, and I admit that I’m sometimes not the most adroit person in the area of the political zones that surround social and group interactions. But, I’ve got to admit that this thing where bigwig politicians in Indiana have moved another step closer to including […]
Read More ...Project manager vs. the artist: A Discussion of Time
Yes, it’s a very strange place, this space between my ears. It’s a place that stretches time, that plays with it, and that sometimes even pretends that time is something real. # Now that I am writing full time, I find that I am becoming considerably more sensitive to the passage of time within any […]
Read More ...“Bugs” and “Following Jules” Make the Cut!
I’m a couple days late here, but it’s nice to be able to note that two of my stories published last year made Tangent Online’s Recommended Reading List. Share Me
Read More ...No time? Yeah, right.
Before leaving my cushy corporate job to take on this life as a full time writer, I talked to a heard other folks who were doing this, and they all said the biggest problem they had was that there was never enough time to do all the things they needed to do. You’re at home, […]
Read More ...The Strangest Person on the Face of the Planet
I am clearly the Strangest Person on the Face of the Planet. I admit it freely. This is because I appear to be the only person in existence who, as a general rule, does not view the weather as a particularly interesting bit of news. In fact, most of the time, I do not view […]
Read More ...The “Second First Prize” finally makes a show!
So, tonight I finally got around to making the “Second First Prize” recipe in my “Fry it up in the pan” contest, Sharon Bass’s “Chicken with pan sauces” (complete with directions on how to make a roux). I adjusted it a tad, adding caraway and parsley, and adding broccoli rather than the mushrooms that my […]
Read More ...Don’t do anything stupid …
Conversation today as we’re getting into the car: Lisa: Don’t do anything stupid. Ron: [Looking at her directly] Honey, you’re going to have to be a lot more specific than that. So, how’s your holiday starting? [grin] Share Me
Read More ...Should you pose like Super Man/Wonder Woman?
I’ve been working on this short story now for over a week. It’s going to end up at about 6K words, which is fine. A story needs to be whatever it’s going to be. But it’s a complex story, and it’s taken a lot of writing and rethinking. Yesterday I was stuck, and I was […]
Read More ...This one’s for Lisa
If you know me a little, you’ll know that I have this thing for baseball. It’s mathematics just sticks with me. 90 feet between the bases. Perfect. Differing home parks. Beautiful. Pitchers and hitters. Best match-up sport ever devised. I love other sports, too–college basketball in particular. But baseball is to be enjoyed at a […]
Read More ...Ron: (to Cat)
Scene: Ron, standing in kitchen, holding bottle of water, scratching cat. Ron: I’m heading downstairs to write for the next hour and a half. Cat: (speaking with eyes only, and perhaps a single tweak of a whisker) Yeah, right. Ron: I hope to make at least four good words. Cat: (gives cat chuckle, which looks […]
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