A few days after I made this rambling post about post-apocalyptic fiction, a story idea started emerging from the strange abyss I call my mind. I let it brew and stew and simmer for a while, letting it coalesce into something that might possibly be considered a coherent thought. Then I started writing things down. Read More
Obligatory Year-end Goals Evaluation and Self-Flagellation
The Goals I set what I thought were very reasonable goals last year. Release Discoveries and finish In Plain Sight. Write 2 short stories, fifty blog posts and enter 3 contests. I also set word count goals for both fiction (100,000) and blogging (57,000). I was aiming for a grand total of just over 400,000 Read More
Everything New Is Old Again: Dictating Your Writing
As I’ve started using Dragon NaturallySpeaking software, and doing more dictating (like this blog post), I’ve been struck by the similarities between dictating and old-school film photography. You see, “back in my day,” you had to take twelve or eighteen or twenty-four pictures before you could take them to a store to get them developed. Read More
Post-Apocalyptic Fiction: What Happened to the Pets?
When someone leaves their home in a post-apocalyptic world, why does it seem we rarely hear about or see them going through that further emotional trauma of leaving the memories behind?
Weekend in the Mountains
Did you know that Oklahoma has mountains? When Diana and I started our reconciliation journey, one of the things we decided to do was to be more intentional about taking some extended private time.