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3,000 Days!

If I’ve mathedcorrectly, then today – after I spent ten minutes polishing up a story justafter 1 AM – marks the 3,000th day that I’ve “written” something.  Apparently, the last day I didn’t “write” wasJanuary 26, 2017.  Which, you have toadmit, is rather impressive.You’ll note that Idid say “written” something, because to be perfectly honest there were probablyhundreds of those

Random Writing Tips – Some quick tips

 The way I usually come upwith these tips is I’ll think of something – usually while at work or while drivingto work – make a note of it, and then forget about it for a few weeks or monthsuntil I need to write a post.  Then I’llgo through the notes to see what I can do. But sometimes what I figure is a good idea, can’t really be stretched tomore than a paragraph or two. 

Writing Newsletter First Quarter 2025

 This quarter I continuedwriting a story each month on my website, publishing, “Legacy,” “Stamp of Approval,” and “I Wish.” I also decided to post/repost at least one story aquarter on my Ko-fi account.  This quarterI reposted “Check Brain.” On my blogs I posted the stories “Plans,” “A Line in the Sand,” and “Not Worth It,” and reposted the stories “The Unerring Word” and“Ticket to

Daredevil: Born Again theory

During episode 6of Daredevil: Born Again, I thought I noticed something a little odd about acharacter.  After some thought, I came upwith a theory.  Now, I do watch a fewYouTubers who discuss the show, but I haven’t heard this theory.  While there is a good chance my theory iswrong, I figured I should at least write it down so if, somehow, I’m right, Ican at least brag about

Typing

Something happenedto my left, middle finger.  There’s achance it’s just arthritis because I’ve been having issues with it for sometime, but last week something else happened and it hurt to bend it.  So I jury rigged a splint out of half apopsicle stick and a couple of band aids. It stopped my finger from bending, so that worked, but the stick eitherslipped or dug into my

Short story – “Ticket to the Future”

 “Ticket to the Future”Part of Angelica Daffin’smind told her what she was doing was illegal. The rest of her mind told her that what she was doing was insane.  But right now, she was listening to herheart.  I. M. Allen was her favoriteauthor and ever since she read his first novel Doomed to Repeat, she had wantedto meet him; to know what his motivations and influences

Random Writing Tips – DEI

 Twenty-some years ago,when I really started writing, one of the hot-button topics was gaymarriage.  I wanted to do my part andshow support with my writing, but most of the stories I wrote then were only afew hundred words and covered like a five-minute event.  So what I usually did was have a charactermeet someone at a company Christmas party who would introduce themselves as

The story ideas I had in January

Over the years, I’veoften bragged/complained that I have too many ideas for stories.  Admittedly, a lot of them suck, but surelythere are some good ones I could write if I had a few centuries to actually getto all of them.  But you’d basically justhave to take my word for it.  Well,sometime last December I was thinking about this and I thought, What if Ijust keep track of all

Voter registration drive book sale!

 The other day I saw something about the deadline to register to vote for some special elections is like, next week.  I don’t live anywhere these special elections are happening, so I haven’t paid much attention to them.  But every election is important, especially now.  If you want to vote, you need to be registered.  And who knows what new hoops will

Random Writing Tips – Flubs

 Nobody is perfect.  How often have you been talking with friendsand somehow mispronounce a word you’ve said a million times before?  Or how often have you had to sneeze while ona date?  Stuff like that happens inreality all the time.  But we rarely seeit in fiction.If you’re watching amovie and a character mispronounces a word, nine times out of ten it’s to show