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,…
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…
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,…
Uncategorized State of the Umbrellas Address 6 Aug 2020 Dear readers: First, let me say thank you. Since I began posting my fiction, my readership—both on a daily basis and my total follower count—has grown steadily. To see the…
Misc… Patch Notes 2 7 May 2020 Even back in my first draft, I wasn't satisfied with the description of what the made the Stranger so incongruous and upsetting. As you've seen, I use the similarities in…
Uncategorized Some notes on this week’s post 5 Mar 2020 This week, I decided to do something a bit different. Some months ago, I posted an update saying that I wanted to start using this space to exercise my writer…