Sign Your Name on It

Ideas can come form anywhere. The idea for this post came from a rugby podcast I was listening to, earlier in the week. Which Rugby Podcast, you ask? It was The Good, the Bad, and the Rugby podcast. You can find it here. And it went like this: One of the guests said, “When you …

Who Will I be Today?

This week – and it’s not just me that’s been feeling this – has been a bit of a slog. I don’t remember much about the past week. It seemed like one day blended into another and all the weight of time felt like it was growing as the week progressed. The one thing I …

Every Question is a Door.

Words have power. If you’re a regular reader of this blog (Thanks!) you’ve certainly heard that from me. I’d wager that if you’re part of the writing community even at the most tangential level you’ve heard that somewhere before. It’s a common concept in Fantasy: once you know the True Name of something you have …

Unplugged

On the first of the month, I started going for walks. I’ve been doing it pretty much every day. I’ll stretch out the tendons, plug in my earbuds, and hit the road for a few miles (round trip). What’s playing you might ask? Sometimes it’s music, other times it’s audiobooks or podcasts, but it’s always …

First Post of the Year

Before I get into today’s post, I’d like to mention that Predators in Petticoats – an anthology that features one of my stories – has been nominated for the Critters Writers Workshop Readers Poll for Best 2020 Anthology! If you enjoyed the stories, please consider visiting the Critters Website to cast a vote our way. …

Last Post of the Year

I’m not going to turn this into a “Year in review” post – primarily because I haven’t done the research. Maybe that’ll come next Sunday, or maybe not. What I did want to say is coming at you in two parts. Part #1 THANK YOU!!! Thank you for being a reader. Seriously. There are nearly …

Find What Colors

I did a lot of work yesterday. Purely physical stuff, cleaning out stalls, mowing, etc. and this morning I’m still coasting on the mental high. During the later part of last evening, I started to examine why it was I felt so good about doing all that work. I’ll get to that in a moment, …

Leaving it All on the Floor

Before I begin, I would like to draw your attention to the following video of one of Tom Holland’s performances on Lip Sync Battle. No, seriously. This isn’t me trying to Rick-Roll you here. I really want you to check out this video. Go ahead, I’ll wait. Did you SEE that??? Out of everything I’ve …

The Space Between.

Earlier this week I was listening to the “Off Camera with Sam Jones” podcast. Actually, I’ve been binge listening to every episode available in I-Tunes for the last few weeks. Sidebar: If you haven’t given it a listen, check it out. It’s got a real Inside the Actor’s Studio vibe that I love. The episode …