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And They Stick the Landing!

9 Jun 20228 Jun 2022

Didn't think you'd hear from me again for another month, did you? Admittedly, that's your reasonable, well-honed pattern recognition at work, and I'm writing this week pretty much to spite…

Quick Update

I don't have much time today, friends. Fret not, I'm sad about it too. That being said, as Morgan got a bit of a raise this week, I have been…

A Small Turning Point

Folks, I'm not going to lie: I went into this week in kind of a low place. I weighed myself last Wednesday (big mistake; last year was stressful), I've not…

Support Nexus

21 Jan 202126 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,…

Let’s Talk About Scope (And Not the Mouthwash)

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…

I Miss My Writing Desk

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…

Dawn of a New Day

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…

State of the Umbrellas 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…

Side story 1 Author’s note

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,…