Lazybones

Things have been kind of lazy lately. Okay, I’ll be honest. I’ve been lazy. The past thirty days have been a mixed bag. Writing hasn’t picked up since about this time last month. My glucose numbers have been higher than I’d like. Instead of decreasing my game time as I’d planned in January, it has […]

Beware the Tides of May

Huh? No, that’s not a mangling of Shakespeare’s ‘The Tragedy of Julius Caesar.’ That’s just what May looks like for me. While enjoyable, May is a roiling storm of activity for me every year. There’s a lot of vacation prep, a lot of birthdays and a lot of getting out into the world after being […]

Purpose

M. Night Shyamalan has made three good movies in his time in Hollywood, and one of them has left an indelible impression on me. I saw Unbreakable in 2001. Not on the big screen mind you. I was in college by then and my ass was broke. I caught it on video. For those who haven’t […]

Baseball

I am a baseball fan. Specifically, I am a Philadelphia Phillies fan, if you want to get technical about it. I didn’t really have much choice in the matter. Some of my earliest memories involve being crammed into my Grandmother’s modest sitting room in her mobile home in PA, watching afternoon games. These were the […]

Workbook

It’s been ages since I’ve been given a workbook for something. Furthermore, this is the first time I’ve WANTED to use a workbook. The ‘Writing the Breakout Novel’ workbook has been recommended over and over again by the folks at the Liar’s Club so I’m going to take a crack at it and see what […]

Word Games Mega Post

I imagine it should come as no surprise that as someone who likes to string words together for fun (and hopefully profit someday) likes to play Scrabble. Words are kind of becoming my stock and trade between my day job, my hobbies and my side endeavors. Hacking those words up into letters isn’t too far […]