books on writing
Below are the books on writing that I still own. It is indeed a lot of books. And it took a long time to read them all. If I were a smarter man, I would be able to tell you what’s inside the covers of...
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The very nice people at Flash Fiction Magazine accepted a story of mine called Umbilical. It posted today. Please take a look. And if you are so inclined, leave a comment. For more of my stories,...
View Article2nd best thing someone ever said about my writing
“It made me laugh and cry on the same page.” I never was able to get that nice person to point to that particular page…
View Articlenice surprise
Just received an email that a story of mine was just published at Every Day Fiction. It’s called Foibles. And can be found HERE.
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my favorite headphones
It came to may attention a few years ago that I didn’t hear so well out of my left ear. This obviously made headphones sound unbalanced and muffled. While killing time in an airport I tried on a pair...
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NaNoWriMo – I just passed the 10,000 word mark. The project is a novelization of a short story of mine called “All Healed Up.” The 10,000th word in my manuscript is the word “heal.” I thought that was...
View Articlethe recliner
Sometime around October 19 I woke at 12:30am with this strange aching sensation in my right hip and right knee. It was far from excruciating, but did hurt enough to keep me awake. For hours. So yeah,...
View Articlethe streak ends…
…and another begins. I spent the week in Virginia taking care of some family stuff. And I realized Thursday morning while driving home with some breakfast for my mother and me…that I FORGOT to...
View Articlenational novel writing month
AKA, NaNoWriMo… This is where anyone anywhere can sign up for the challenge of writing 50,000 words in a month (average 1,667 per day). It started decades ago with novelists. Now it’s a national...
View Articlenanowritmo winner
Writing-wise, it’s been a busy month. I have submitted stories, collected a few more rejections, and have been declared a “winner” of National Novel Writing Month. That means 50,000 words written in...
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