Adieu to Spring 2023 “Is it so small a thing To have enjoy’d the sun, To have liv’d light in the spring, To have lov’d, to have thought, to have done; To have advanc’d true friends, and beat down baffling foes…?” ― Matthew Arnold, Empedocles On Etna and Other Poems It’s late morning here inContinue reading “Musings & Thoughts for Wednesday, May 31, 2023: Adieu, Spring – And a Writer’s Anxieties Come to the Fore”
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To Write or Not to Write: Today’s Pressing Dilemma – Evening Update
“You can approach the act of writing with nervousness, excitement, hopefulness, or despair … Come to it any way but lightly.” – Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft It’s evening here in Lithia, Florida, on May 26, 2023; sunset is less than one hour away, and the temperature is exactly how itContinue reading “To Write or Not to Write: Today’s Pressing Dilemma – Evening Update”
‘The New Story: Music from the Original Writing Soundtrack’
When I write fiction – be it Reunion: A Story (AKA “the one that’s floating out there on Amazon and the online Barnes & Noble store”), “The New Story,” or the occasional screenplay – I tend to listen to music as I sit at my desk, regardless of whether I’m writing or gnashing my teethContinue reading “‘The New Story: Music from the Original Writing Soundtrack’”
Musings & Thoughts for Saturday, May 20, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the First
It’s almost noon as I sit here at my desk in my corner of Lithia, Florida, on Saturday, May 20, 2023. I’ve been up since 7:30 AM, which – per my usual schedule – amounts to “sleeping in late.” Oddly, I don’t remember checking the time before I fell asleep trying to watch Star Trek;Continue reading “Musings & Thoughts for Saturday, May 20, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the First”
On Writing & Storytelling: A Slow Start Morphs into a Writing Marathon – and I Have the Strained Eyes to Prove It!
Wednesday, April 26, 2023 SITREP “Tell the story that’s been growing in your heart, the characters you can’t keep out of your head, the tale story that speaks to you, that pops into your head during your daily commute, that wakes you up in the morning.” ― Jennifer Weiner It’s late evening on Wednesday, AprilContinue reading “On Writing & Storytelling: A Slow Start Morphs into a Writing Marathon – and I Have the Strained Eyes to Prove It!”
Musings & Thoughts for Saturday, April 22, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the First
Wowie zowie. It’s already afternoon here in Lithia on Saturday, April 22, 2023! Where did my morning go, and why did it morph into the afternoon so quickly? It appears like I woke up a little while ago, wandered into the kitchen, brewed (and then drank) two cups of coffee, then came back in hereContinue reading “Musings & Thoughts for Saturday, April 22, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the First”
On Writing & Storytelling: A Late Start to My Workday – and the Weekend is Nigh
“Let’s get one thing clear right now, shall we? There is no Idea Dump, no Story Central, no Island of the Buried Bestsellers; good story ideas seem to come quite literally from nowhere, sailing at you right out of the empty sky: two previously unrelated ideas come together and make something new under the sun.Continue reading “On Writing & Storytelling: A Late Start to My Workday – and the Weekend is Nigh”
Writing & Storytelling: After a Rough Start, I’m Finally Starting Project X: A New Story Coming Soon…*
* Just don’t ask me to define “Soon.” Well, Dear Reader, it’s official. Yesterday afternoon, despite feeling foggy-brained from lack of sleep and no small amount of writer’s jitters, I tapped out the first 400 words of the new story – Project X, so-called. (Of course, that’s not the real title. Not even close.) SinceContinue reading “Writing & Storytelling: After a Rough Start, I’m Finally Starting Project X: A New Story Coming Soon…*”
Musings & Thoughts for Thursday, April 6, 2023, or: Carving Out Time to Read (and Other Challenges)
Hi, there, Dear Reader. It’s late morning here in Lithia, Florida, on Thursday, April 6, 2023. I just finished my second – and last – cup of morning coffee, and even though I have caffeine in my system, I’m still a bit sleepy. Clearing the cobwebs up in Brain Central is not as easy asContinue reading “Musings & Thoughts for Thursday, April 6, 2023, or: Carving Out Time to Read (and Other Challenges)”
On Writing & Storytelling: Before I Start….
“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.” – Madeleine L’Engle It’s late morning here in Lithia, Florida, on Friday, March 24, 2023. It’s a warm, sunny spring day, the kind of Florida day that makesContinue reading “On Writing & Storytelling: Before I Start….”
A Certain Point of View, Too 