A Year in Blogging (or Not)

I could spin some smooth and nostalgic prose about how this time of year is perfect for gazing back on those things we have accomplished and looking ahead toward the year before us, and — blah, blah, blech. You get the point. I won’t do that. But since I have...

Hijacked!

It’s been a year since I’ve blogged new content with anything resembling regularity. At that time I was happily ensconced in another domain, running both a photoblog (Photoplay) and a regular blog (Novelist in Training). I had commenters and archives and...

Puzzled

I just can’t figure out why today’s book revisions are taking so long. Anyone have any ideas? Maybe I’m low on sleep. Or on chocolate. Then again, it could be the weather. Yeah, the weather. That must be it… (Yes, I do freely admit that taking pictures of the...

Stalker Claus is Comin’ to Town

Not to dwell on Christmas, but I have to confess that the song “Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town” really creeps me out. As the lyrics to this cheerful tune unwittingly reveal, Santa has some issues, and it’s about time we addressed them. First of all, no song about a...

The Closest I’ll (Probably) Get to Ranting

Warning: Blatant Phlegmagery Ahead I’ve come to the library to work in quiet and comfort among people. As I open my notebook, I hear the gentle slide of books taken from shelves and then replaced, the whisk of turning pages, the humming of the heater, the far-away...

A Quiet Rebirth

If there is such a thing as a “momentous moment”, I suppose this is one: the first brand new scratchings on a clean blog. I feel as if I have just walked into the polished hallways of a new school–new to me, at least–ready to begin the year. I can still smell the...
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