Finding Fault

Yes, I suppose it’s about $700B of corporate greed.  And yes, I agree it’s not a good idea to reward bad decisions by paying off the big-wigs who made them.  But I think that’as all missing the point. I was talking to a co-worker the other day and I said: You know, I really don’t […]

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Milestone Achieved

I don’t consider myself to have ever really stopped writing, though it looks like it from the outside, and I certainly stopped publishing.  I’m thinking a lot about this lately as I draw to the end of this novel rewrite.  If I come up with any great understandings about why I think this, I’ll let […]

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100 Pages

So I’ve gotten down to under a hundred pages to go.  With only a little luck I’ll complete the rewrite by the end of next week.  It’s been more work than expected because, honestly, my line writing was not very good.  Strange how time gives you distance.  There was a time where I would have […]

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Chapter 19

So I got to Chapter 19 and everything went off the wire. I mean…yeah…ok. Let me start from the semi-beginning because I know so many folks are reading this that you forget a few things. Part, the First: Rather than start this new writing kick by doing something small, like a short story, I decided […]

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Usain Bolt

Usain Bolt ran a 9.69 100-meter dash yesterday to break his own world record and win an Olympic gold medal. His run was so dominant that he essentially stopped running in the last 20 meters, and instead began his celebration. I admit I’ve become inured to the in-game celebration. It happens now, regardless. A guy […]

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Simple Goals

I have given myself a goal. This goal thing works for me. I don’t know why. I mean, I should be able to just sit down and write as a general course of action, but for me I’ve always needed a goal that I believed in to really make something stick. My goal came about […]

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Another Day, Another Chapter

I went back to “regular” work yesterday. Odd, I know. Take a week off Thursday-to-Thursday. It makes sense for me and my professional role at present, though, and sometimes you just have to say “what the hell.” Today will be day two. This is important because today also represents Morning Two, meaning my second straight […]

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Again It Begins

Square one has gotten to be a familiar spot. I finally came around to taking some time off work this past week, and faced with the truth of something I’ll call “free time” I decided to put up or shut-up. I thought about challenging myself with something daunting like in the old days–write a short […]

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Structuring My Day

I’m developing a new story, and it’s coming along. I should note that I’m working in a structured fashion again with mornings dedicated (for the most part) to creating new words. I had gone away from that for quite awhile, with results that are predictable for me. This is important to me because I’ve allowed […]

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