Another weekend, another month. Another quarter-year. It’s early afternoon here in Lithia, Florida, on Saturday, April 1, 2023 – another warm, humid, and sunny day in the Tampa Bay area. And as I sit here in what, for now, is my bedroom/writing room/mancave, I am, for once, not thinking about my new story (or, atContinue reading “Musings & Thoughts for Saturday, April 1, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the First”
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Musings & Thoughts for Friday, March 31, 2023, or: What Do You Mean, ‘March is Over’?
All Quiet on the Northwestern Front So, it’s late morning here in Lithia, Florida, on Friday, March 31, 2023. Another week, and another month, and another quarter of a year, have ended. I don’t have much in the way of news; the house in Brandon is still being remodeled and renovated, and since the ownerContinue reading “Musings & Thoughts for Friday, March 31, 2023, or: What Do You Mean, ‘March is Over’?”
Musings & Thoughts for Wednesday, March 29, 2023, or: A Quick Hump Day Post
Time Flies, Even When You’re Not Having (Much) Fun It’s late morning here in Lithia, Florida, on Wednesday, March 29, 2023, and, as I write this, I’m marveling at how fast this month has “flown.” It seems that not so long ago I was writing about past – and happier – birthday celebrations as myContinue reading “Musings & Thoughts for Wednesday, March 29, 2023, or: A Quick Hump Day Post”
On Writing & Storytelling: The Ups and Downs (Mostly Downs) of a Writer’s Working Life
Insomnia Strikes Again! Hi, there, Dear Reader. It’s early afternoon here in Lithia, Florida, on Monday, March 27, 2023 – and, man, am I tired! I had yet another one of those Gee, why can’t I go to sleep at a decent hour? nights when, as hard as I tried, I simply couldn’t get comfortableContinue reading “On Writing & Storytelling: The Ups and Downs (Mostly Downs) of a Writer’s Working Life”
On Writing & Storytelling: Playing Hooky (on a Sunday) from Storytelling
“Can I be blunt on this subject? If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.” ― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft As I sit here at my writing desk in a house in Lithia, Florida, it is late morningContinue reading “On Writing & Storytelling: Playing Hooky (on a Sunday) from Storytelling”
On Writing & Storytelling: Good Stories Come to Those Who Wait
Good Stories Come to Those Who Wait “And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.” ― Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath Okay, folks. Listen up. It’s going to beContinue reading “On Writing & Storytelling: Good Stories Come to Those Who Wait”
Writer’s Labor & Result (A Haiku)
Fingers type quickly As thoughts turn into phrases; Lo! A book is born!
On Writing & Storytelling: Well, What’s Next?
“Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.” ― John Steinbeck After Reunion: What Comes Next? “Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.” ― John Steinbeck Now thatContinue reading “On Writing & Storytelling: Well, What’s Next?”
On Writing & Storytelling: One Chapter Ends; Another is in the Wings
The Wait is Over “For a while” is a phrase whose length can’t be measured. At least by the person who’s waiting.” ― Haruki Murakami, South of the Border, West of the Sun My package with my copy of the paperback edition of Reunion: A Story arrived just a few minutes ago. I had beenContinue reading “On Writing & Storytelling: One Chapter Ends; Another is in the Wings”
On Movies & Movie Watching: Making Progress with My TBW List for March
This afternoon I decided to shake things up a bit, so instead of cloistering myself in my bedroom all day, I did something I rarely do: I turned off my desktop PC, grabbed a Blu-ray of a movie that was, incidentally, one of the titles on my most recent To Be Watched (TBW) list. ThatContinue reading “On Movies & Movie Watching: Making Progress with My TBW List for March”
A Certain Point of View, Too 