So today was the last day of ConFusion. The panels are done, the goodbyes have been said (in most cases, I won’t see these people again until next year), and I’m back home. I am exhausted. I don’t mean in a physical sense, although the thought of doing absolutely nothing for the rest of the …
“I don’t know what to write today.” This is a thing that I sometimes say to myself – especially when it’s true. It’s certainly something that I said to myself when I sat down to put this post together. The thing is that, for me anyway, that’s only ever partially true. If I were to …
I’m finding it hard to believe that we’re only one week into January. I say that because it’s been a busy week. A big part of that is because reality reasserted itself, and I had to make the switch back to “day-job” mode. That takes up a HUGE amount of time, and it puts a …
Welcome to 2018 Everyone, and welcome to the very first blog post of the year. On a Monday, no less. If your various social media feeds are anything like mine, you’re seeing a bunch of posts about goals and resolutions for the new year. I don’t know about resolutions, but I’ve got plenty of goals …
Welcome to the very end of 2017. I slept in this morning. No alarms, nothing to wake me up. It was pretty good. I snuggled with the dog, made an awesome breakfast, and I’m about to get up and grab another cup of coffee – hold on a second… Not a bad way to end …
For those of you that don’t know (and that would be most of you), the night before last, the power supply on my desktop PC went “Plooey.” (Kinda like this, but with a lot less fire and smoke and a lot more “Plooey” and that electrical, ozone smell) Yup, one moment, …
I’ve said before on the blog that I tend to not plan out these weekly posts. Some days, it would be easier if I did plan them out, but there’s something about sitting down and riffing on a topic. Until no topic presents itself. Normally, earlier on in the week, I’ll have some sort of …
Yes, I realize that this post should have happened earlier, but this is my blog and I can schedule stuff when I want. Besides, this weekend was pretty dark out there in the ‘verse and, it might be a good time to focus on the good stuff for a spell. So, in no particular order, …
And, no, that isn’t meant to be a Song of Ice and Fire reference. I meant that literally. As I’m sitting at my desk, writing this, I can look out my window and see the first “Real” snow falling. I use the quotes because what I’m looking at isn’t mixed with anything – it isn’t …
So I learned something about myself this November. I am not much of a sprint writer. For those of you that don’t know, writing sprints are – well – probably exactly what you think they might be. Writers will sit down, either singularly or in groups, set a time limit, and, for that time, write …