The progress I made/tracked during 2022. For the current year, go here: Here is a set of bars tracking my current works in progress as well as my year’s writing goals (2022). Keep in mind that this year, I intentionally set more goals than I can achieve (see T. D.’s […]
Life
Four score and three to six years ago, minus whatever it takes to get to February 2011, I began a web site. Ever since then, I’ve been trying to figure out how to take over the world. The end. But can you believe it’s been ten years? You’d think by […]
Ten Years and Kicking
Following my site for more than a few months reveals an obvious pattern. I write the following: “I don’t post very often and I’m going to do better because I’ve resolved to do so.” Then, I consistently write posts over the next weeks or months, followed by a giant, gaping […]
“Scribbles”
WARNING: This post brought to you by YouTube (not actually, but hey, if they want to sponsor it, I don’t see myself complaining). No animals were harmed in the writing of this post. This post was written in front of a live audience. The opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect […]
Drat My Writing
I procrastinated posting for a couple of weeks because I wanted my next post to be a short story. Well yesterday I wrote a short story, but I like it too much to not submit somewhere first (somewhere = Writers of the Future). You will most likely get that story at a […]
Inserts Clickbait Title Here: Writing Takes Over
The “wills” on the bus went round and round. You know that song? The wheels on the bus go round and round, except that in Kansas (or wherever the regional accent extends), wheels are sometimes pronounced “wills.” I probably did not catch this until I learned how to spell wheel, at […]
Things I Thought When I Was Little
This is a work in progress, which means you will find contradictions, random jumps and generally incomplete thoughts. An idea often attributed to Abraham Lincoln or Mark Twain (with zero evidence that either one said it) says that it’s better to keep one’s mouth shut and be thought a fool […]