To Save What's Lost Briefly, We’ve Leapt Forward 21 Jan 202121 Jan 2021 Well, we've all survived another week. Sometimes it's frustrating that the clock keeps ticking, but other times, (like now, from where I'm sitting) it's validating that we keep moving forward.…
Uncategorized Support Nexus 21 Jan 202121 Jan 2021 Any form of support is deeply appreciated. I write because it's what I love to do, and I really do have many, many stories to tell. Telling stories takes time,…
Short Stories… An Overdue Update 15 Jan 2021 Well, kids, I'm back. Truthfully, I didn't mean to be gone for as long as I have been. Time sure flies when you're doing all sorts of stuff. We're all…
Uncategorized Let’s Talk About Scope (And Not the Mouthwash) 31 Dec 2020 Friends, this week was a less productive one from the perspective of my fiction. To say I’ve made no progress would be inaccurate, but I most certainly don’t have anything…
Uncategorized I Miss My Writing Desk 17 Dec 2020 This week, I'd like to talk about a concept I learned about in college: the idea of "Functional Fixedness," as it relates to the writer's brain. It's why holidays are…
Uncategorized Tentative, Hesitant Steps Forward 13 Dec 2020 Social media and I have never really seen eye to eye. I don't really buy into the notion that all the little pieces of our life are worth anything to…
Uncategorized Dawn of a New Day 3 Dec 2020 If you've been following along, you'll know that I really haven't known what to do with myself for about a month now. I know that I want to put my…
Uncategorized State of the Umbrellas 2020 19 Nov 2020 To be frank, folks, there's a lot that's up in the air right now, but let's start with the more definite things. I'm for sure ceasing my plodding chronological exploration…
Fiction… Side Story 1 29 Oct 20205 Nov 2020 Side Story 1 (title pending) Author's Note “Sure is peaceful out here,” Cley said from the back of the line, into the quiet surrounding them. Three seasoned adventurers and a…
Uncategorized Side story 1 Author’s note 29 Oct 2020 This week, I decided to begin writing something tangential to the story you're all enjoying. That project is a huge, intricately woven thing which moves slowly but will go far,…