Everyone needs a hobby, don’t they? Writers need something to do when they’re not writing besides hanging out on Facebook or some similar timesink. One of mine happens to involve following dead presidents. Back in the early days of the World Wide Web, a database guy in Massachusetts wondered where the money in his wallet Read More
I Wrote Something and People Liked It
It’s the first week of March and we’ve already seen temperatures in the 80s here in Oklahoma. Spring is coming early, it seems. We didn’t get much of the winter precipitation that we need, though, so we’ve already been under a burn ban twice in the last month. That doesn’t bode well for the summer. Read More
Trafficking in Oklahoma: Hello, My Name Is Stevie
Last Thursday, Tulsa Community College held a Human Trafficking Awareness presentation. I attended not only as part of my Intercultural Communications class but because of my interest in the topic through The Sad Girl. I was planning on taking a bunch of notes for this post, but it didn’t quite work out that way. As Read More
Bits and Pieces of a Writer’s Life
Has it really been two weeks since I’ve posted here? Shame on me. A writer’s life can get busy. The short story course at TCC is kicking my butt. I’ve got a story draft due in five days, and I’ve only just found my stride on the story. I was originally thinking of expanding on Read More
Checking My Reading and Writing Goals for January
How did I do with meeting my goals this month? It looked okay at first, but if I stay at this pace throughout the year, I’ll miss my intended target by almost 48,000 words. I definitely need to up my game.