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Day 4,014: Wings On My Feet…

How much would I pay to go to the moon?

I love this question. A lot. Now, I wouldn’t be the first to go do it, I don’t think. I don’t have quite that much devil-may-care in me…but I would go. And I would pay a lot to do it, if it was on the table. If it was a matter of money, I’d probably pay whatever they were asking and was within my ability to raise or get on credit at the time. I guess that is to say: I don’t have a dollar amount in mind because it depends on when you’re asking me. If it’...

Day 4,013: In the Clerb

What alternative career paths have I considered?

Oh, man. I’ve considered SO MANY, lol.

I think, probably, the most wild one I considered early on was nursing, and by that I just mean it’s so far from what I ended up doing. I went to school for it, actually, for a whole-ass year before realizing it wasn’t going to be a good fit. I remember when I realized it, too: I was in my anatomy class and a couple people in there were discussing the nursing-type work they were already doing. One of th...

Day 4,012: Dubs

What Food would I say is my specialty?

I don’t cook all the much. My head is elsewhere almost all the time, so cooking is something that takes me away from those things. I’m trying to change that, though! Truly. I’ve only dipped my toes into it here and there, but I did—for example—try to make a steak and vegetable dinner a couple times a few months ago. And I want to get better at baking; I’ve tried a couple times to get a recipe right. In both cases my results were edible, but far from grea...

Day 4,011: Silly Baby

What historical events do I remember?

Oh, man. TOO MANY. Most of them lately. But let’s go back, instead…

I think my first real historical event I actually remember vividly is Dukakis losing to George Bush in…’88? I remember because my mom voted for Dukakis—the main policy point I remember he talking about is the fact that Bush wanted to drill for oil off the California coast; something they followed through with, I think—and when he lost, I was shocked. How could the person my mom wanted ...

Day 4,010: Weather

Oops. Didn’t post this last night BUT…

Under the weather today. It’s weird because the symptoms are so mild, but I am definitely fighting something. I feel it mostly in my stomach, which has been super fragile. Some achy-ness, too, and a little tiny bit of post-nasal drip. And tired. Super duper wiped. I got it from visiting the kids, I’m sure.

Work continues to be slow, but there are a couple things coming in tomorrow. That’ll be good. And I keep plugging away on getting myself set up for...

Day 4,009: Croissant

What is the biggest risk I’d be willing to take—but I haven’t been able to?

Nothing is coming to mind immediately with this prompt. I think it might be the word “risk,” actually, which can connote things in the negative, but I think they mean the other direction, like, opportunity. Still, nothing is coming to mind, immediately, lol. Like I mentioned a few blog posts ago…I’ve taken the big risks. I moved to LA to “make it” as an actor. I quit my corporate job to write full-time. I married a sm...

Day 4,008: Smoky

What’s my favorite movie?

Liz actually asked me this question a day or two ago; the WordPress question of the day didn’t update from the previous one, so why not? I’ll give a stab at it. Thanks, bear!

My stab at it is that I have several favorite movies. I don’t know if I could pick just one. The first one the comes to mind, however, is always Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, and it’s because it blew me away when I was a kid. It scared me at first. And it wasn’t even my first Trek movie. T...

Day 4,007: Viz

What have I been working on?

That, my friends, has been the subject of almost every single blog I’ve ever written. Ha! But yes: what am I working on?

Right now: I’m working on my fifth Glory Series novel, the awkward middle step between my rough outline and the detailed, scene-by-scene outline. There are lots of gaps in between the two, lots of important stuff to fill in, and so I sit in my writing chair each day and try not to get distracted while I stare into the abyss of not knowing wha...

Day 4,006: Detective

What is something most people don’t know about me?

I’m having a hard time answering this one. I’m pretty much an open book to those around me, and to everyone else, man, I’d imagine they don’t know anything about me, lol.

I know people have expressed surprise to me when learning about my family makeup; that I grew up with just my mom, never met my biological father, got adopted by the man my mom married—Jon Heinichen—and they had two children together: Scott and Russell. Then we adopted my...

Day 4,005: Pro Tip

When I think of the word successful, who comes to mind and why?

Huh. An interesting question. Who do I think is ‘successful?’ I hate it, but I guess the first person, or group of people I think of are authors who’ve sold more books than I have. I don’t hate so much because it’s a bad thing to sell a lot of books—that’s obviously something I’m working really hard towards right now…but I hate it because it makes me feel less-than. I also think of authors who’ve written better books than I have,...