I’ve got a new flash fiction piece up at Patreon today, called “Registration.” The prompt was “What box should she check?” Read it here.
Writing
New Year, New…Something
My annual summary and planning post, without the usual self-flagellation.
Is It Criminal To Be a Coward?
A few days ago, Scot Peterson was charged with multiple felonies for his inaction during the Parkland shooting last year. At first, I was thrilled with the idea. String him up! I thought. Then I had a conversation on Facebook with some people I respect, and I reconsidered my position. Read more at The Good 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