This week especially, I’ve been getting my writing groove back, meaning that finally after years of struggling to bring my writing back up to my par, I’m beginning to succeed because I’m focusing on character and voice “over” plot.
Monthly Archives: October 2016
Okay, Goosebumps is an entire series of books and I’m not sure if anyone knows off the top of their heads how many books are even in the series, but it’s a great set of books for Halloween time. Better yet, you don’t have to read them in a specific […]
Book of the Week: Goosebumps by R. L. Stine
Besides time dragging and me noting potential, I couldn’t say I’ve accomplished a whole ton this week, well, with an exception on Monday.
One Sentence Weekly: Wasted Potential
The Last Apprentice is Tom Ward, the seventh son of a seventh son. John Gregory, “the Spook,” is the mentor. The profession? Fighting things that go bump in the night, ghosts, ghasts and witches among the lot. Perhaps there would be no tale were it not for the girl with […]
Book of the Week: The Last Apprentice by Joseph Delaney
This week I finally got tired of everybody’s pretend political expertise, which is to say I grew tired of everyone playing the political “holier than thou” game through hogging Facebook, Twitter, news and other feeds rather than realizing that a couple of posts at most is necessary if you’re going […]
One Sentence Weekly: Get off Your Political Soapboxes
Mort‘s long wait at the annual hiring fair pays off when Death finally shows up looking for an apprentice. They go back together to Death’s…oddly-black land…until such a time when Death decides it’s about time to teach the boy about helping the dead die. From then on, it’s all downhill. […]
Book of the Week: Mort by Terry Pratchett
As part of the slow revamping of my site that I began with 30 Days, 30 Posts, I decided that each Friday I’ll write a one sentence post that either highlights my week or something specific I did that week. The goal is brevity but I’ll allow for a run-on sentence. This […]
A Quick Poll for You
Many people view the beginning of October as one of two things: the beginning of the Halloween season or the continued encroachment of Christmas on more and more holiday seasons (essentially and cannibalisticly devouring every other holiday in its path). I don’t care what you think about Christmas, it’s that Halloween […]