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.…
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 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 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…
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…
Fiction… It’s Time You Met my Fiction 27 Dec 201928 Dec 2019 Today, I'm posting the very beginning of the current iteration of my long-term fiction project, which I've given the working title To Save What's Lost. In the Fiction Workshop class I…
Misc Branching Out 19 Dec 201919 Dec 2019 Friends, it’s time for things to change. My time away from blogging during my wedding and all the surrounding hullabaloo showed me that, in order to keep my enthusiasm up,…
