She had been a voracious reader in those days. I have no reason to believe that she is any different now. The two of us have not seen each other for more than sixteen years. There is no reason for us to see each other now, nor has there beenContinue Reading
It is erroneous to say that there was not place better to live than in Denver. It’s erroneous to say this because at the time of the story, there was NO other place to live than Denver. And if there were, why the fuck would you want to live there?Continue Reading
I was hardly able to focus. The slow-slow start, oh the S-L-O-W start. It took until page 99 for anything to happen. The question remains, why wait for page 99? Or why read to page 99 in a 250 page book without shelving it? Land of Laughs was gifted toContinue Reading
Like most people, I have a family and a job and obligations. Unlike most people, I don’t have a job that takes up too much of my time or energy. I sometimes hate to tell people that I work about 25 hours a week and I have worked about 25Continue Reading
This process of setting goals and creating deadlines is something that I visit again and again. I visit it at the onset of my chosen time limit, a year, and I analyze it quarterly, monthly and weekly. A year is not a long period of time. I feel like it’sContinue Reading
As I look back over the last year, I’m very grateful for the work I did and those things I got to accomplish. It’s a pleasant feeling knowing that a whole year’s expectations were well exceeded. I don’t get many years like that despite my best efforts. I got toContinue Reading
It’s the start of a new year. If you needed me to say as much, oh brother, I feel terrible for saying as much. As new years go, it is the custom to make all sorts of resolutions; these things have always seemed like the same things that people sayContinue Reading
Short Synopsis : After preventing the suicide of a stranger, Robert Coates becomes a minor local celebrity. Trying to defend his “good deed” as a basic human duty, he is forced to analyze the way we interact as people in modern America. After the death of his dear friend andContinue Reading
nanowrimo I decided I would compose directly on the computer. That said, I figured the novel would be in a workable format instantly, but it would be just a first draft. Ultimately, the whole goal of nanowrimo is to focus on writing daily and getting the draft down. From theContinue Reading
Nanowrimo So, I accepted the challenge to do nanowrimo. Janice was the one who suggested it to me because her good friend wanted to do it too. I also convinced my buddy Dave to do it with me. And at about this time, Freesia, my penpal of over 30 yearsContinue Reading