Betsy Horvath's Blog, page 21

The Search For A Post, A Blogger’s Tale

Once Upon A Time… there was a girl who wrote a blog.  Although it was not all she wrote, and although she did indeed have other tasks to perform, the blog did demand that she doth update it regularly. “Dance, little writer!  Dance!”  it would yell as it cracked a whip over her head. And [...]

Single, Working, Writer

I am single. I work. I write. Ergo – I have no time. I love writing, I have to work, and I’m actually quite happy to be single, to tell you the truth.  But they each do tend to produce their own difficulties.  And managing them all together can be somewhat…challenging. Here’s the thing – [...]

Ode To A Stink Bug

  Here the Palatial Horvath Estate, we’ve entered the season no one ever talks about – The Invasion Of The Stink Bug season. Earlier today as I was sitting and listening to the latest batch of my insect companions buzz around, I was moved to write some poetry (of course). And thus I am proud [...]

Focus

I’m usually pretty good about coming up with goals.  I can shower you with goals.  I can smother you with goals.  I can write a sonata of goals. But keeping my focus long enough to actually achieve goals?  Well…let’s not get crazy here. If I’m in the happy and unusual situation where I can maintain a stable [...]

Thou, Which Art But Air (fantasy short story)

I thought I would share another short story with you today.  This one’s a fantasy (I guess) and it originally appeared in Potpourri Magazine back in 1993 (although I’ve reworked it a bit since then). Click either the image or the link to read.  I hope you enjoy it!     Thou, Which Art But [...]

What If There’s No Need To Add?

In my day job, I work with universes of people who have been run up against statistical models.  That’s just a fancy way of saying that we take big groups of people and try to figure out who among them are more likely to buy our products.  Don’t worry – I’m not going to talk [...]

The Muse Has A Date

Hi, Betsy Oh hey!  Hi, Muse!  How are you? Fine.  Um.  Nice to see you. You seem a little uncomfortable, Muse.  What’s up? I have to, um, tell you something. Oh.  Well, go ahead. I’m, well.  I’m, um, seeing Coffee. You’re…what? I’m seeing Coffee.  We’re kind of, you know, dating. You’re dating Coffee?  I thought [...]

Wisdom from Abe

Okay, I’ll admit it. I’ve always had a thing for Honest Abe Lincoln. So today I thought I would celebrate his birthday with his own words. By turns insightful, thought-provoking, and humorous, you just can’t beat a good quote from Abraham Lincoln.   Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak [...]

Silence Is Golden

Many people are uncomfortable with silence.  I suppose I have to include myself in that group. I don’t watch television, but I usually have either music or an audio book playing on my iPod as I work at my job or putter around the house. That’s great if I’m trying to entertain myself or focus [...]

The Best Laid Schemes

  I planned on writing a blog post today that was overwhelming and heart-wrenching in intensity and grandeur.  Then I was hit with… THE HEAD COLD OF THE CENTURY!!! And thus could write nothing at all since my head is full of…stuff and I have not managed to roll off my sofa for days. As Robert [...]