Yes, I did say that yesterday I started back on the fantasy novella project, and I did say that yesterday it went well. Of course, today I was diverted by some work I needed to accomplish on a pair of short stories. Welcome to the life of a writer with a day-job. One of those […]
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February Resolution Check-in
While I was in Oregon, I had zero time to focus on anything except the workshop. That’s how it’s supposed to go, I suppose. But what that means is that I missed my monthly window to update my status against the notorious resolutions you make each New Year. If you recall, I made three resolutions. […]
Read More ...Driving the Southbound Lane
I drove from Indy to Columbus Monday night. Knowing full well that I was down on sleep, I was particularly careful to stay many car lengths from other drivers wherever possible. Somewhere south of Greenwood, I came upon a van that was driving so slowly that it made me get on the brakes quite hard […]
Read More ...Guns and Solution #3
Yes, I know this is a sensitive topic. Wade forward with care. If you’ve been around here for a bit, you know I enjoy listening to things about how one should think about the world. This means I tend to enjoy (and link to) things like Freakonomics podcasts. This is one of those posts. And […]
Read More ...80s Ron Meets Future Ron
Made it to about 2300 words on my new story. One more, short scene and I’ll be done with the first draft. I don’t think it’ll need too much clean-up to be ready to go, but I’m saying that without having read through it. Note to self: I’ve been wrong before. I’m guessing this will […]
Read More ...Pedometer Goes “Boing”
So, I broke my “GoZone” (pedometer) a couple days ago. Yes, it was traumatic. It was a bit over two years old. No, it wasn’t’ the electronic read-out, that broke. It wasn’t the body cracking or splitting or whatever. In fact, the actual step counter worked just fine. It was the strap. Or, to be […]
Read More ...Radio in Paradise?
We listen to a lot of Radio Paradise. This is an independently programmed, listener-funded internet station. It’s a beautiful piece of the internet as far as I’m concerned. We listen to it pretty much all weekend long–leaving our week-day mornings to local commercial radio to ensure we get any morning news about road conditions or […]
Read More ...Hitting the “Send” Button
There’s a time in every story when I think it’s just about the most perfect thing I’ve ever seen. Literally perfect. This is always immediately after I’ve written “The End” for the last time and I’m still awash in the sense of power that has brought me to that piece. Makes sense, eh? Unfortunately, there […]
Read More ...Step Update
Ok, so I’m sitting on the couch and watching Lisa walk and work. I would be, I suppose, walking and working, too … but I’m tired. I’m up over 30K steps already, and I’m just kinda feeling lazy. I don’t suppose being up until 1:00 last night watching the Cards lose in 5 overtimes had […]
Read More ...Technical Productivity?
I was standing in the hallway today at work today, waiting for a meeting room to open, when my gaze happened upon one of those posters you see so often that epitomize to me exactly why corporate environments have such dorky reputations. It included a photo, a logo, and a definition. Here’s the definition as […]
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