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 …
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 …
Happy Sunday Everyone! Let us see what the Galaxy has to offer us today… One of the things it’s got on tap is a complete reversal – two lines into the post. Despite the title, this is not going to be a Star Wars related post. It’s going to be a Tolkien-Related Post. I can’t …
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. …
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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
Unless you’re new to the blog, you’ll know that there are two times out of the year where I stop and deliberately take some time to look inward. Sidebar: If you’re new to the blog, Welcome! Thanks for reading! Those times are New Year’s Day and my birthday. When my birthday rolled around, I took …
Last week, I started a series of posts – in the spirit of my Five Thing Thursday series about Five things you can do while you’re Self-Isolating. (Note: Self-isolating, social distancing, and washing your hands are all givens here. As is taking care of yourself and being an extra good human being.) Quite unexpectedly, things …