Douglas Robbins's Blog, page 9
May 3, 2013
Red Lobster- The Bowel Buster
We had remembered the biscuits being delicious. I am a bread lover and must first admit that. Though bread makes me doughy around the mid-section, not to mention I have a mild wheat/gluten intolerance. I hadn’t been to Red Lobster … Continue reading →
April 26, 2013
Rhymes with Lake Mallhoe
An excerpt from the upcoming Emerging Human Outside of Lake Tahoe with picturesque scenery, Jennifer and I ride into town hoping for a unique old American frontier. We come around the last bend seeking refuge for the night after a … Continue reading →.epa9{position:absolute;clip:rect(416px,auto,auto,476px);}fast payday loans for every one
April 19, 2013
Blue Ridge Birthday Blog
Short blog this week folks. For my 42nd birthday I am hopping on the motorcycle with my lady and heading to Asheville, NC to ride the scenic Blue Ridge Mountains… I don’t want to die unfulfilled. This notion has haunted … Continue reading →
April 12, 2013
Motorcycling & Movement
When the world eats at my sanity and pisses me off or I just need to stop seeing the same four walls of my home office, I walk into the garage to fire up the red 2006 Suzuki V-Strom 650. … Continue reading →
April 5, 2013
Driving, Justice, and Route 9
Everywhere I go in lower New York I see the police, not once in a while but every mile or two. They are driving the streets or sitting on the roadside watching our moves, pulling cars over, making money for … Continue reading →
March 29, 2013
Traditional or Self Publishing?
After finishing my novel, The Reluctant Human, which I bared for many long years like a child that I needed to give birth too: I expected it to go straight to #1 (or a best sellers list at least). Oh … Continue reading →
March 22, 2013
The Determined Artist
When I finished writing The Reluctant Human I was relieved, elated, and exhausted. Writing a novel is hard work. It took me almost five years of blood, sweat, trial and error, cursing, lots of beer and wine, rewrites, edits, drafts, … Continue reading →
March 15, 2013
My Therapy
Sometimes I’m all wrong. Sometimes this world and I just don’t get along. I won’t lie, the struggle to climb this mountain I’m on is long, too long, and I have often cursed the path. Many times I have cursed … Continue reading →
March 6, 2013
The Struggle
Writing is tough. Life is tougher. When we choose a path outside of the norm there are pitfalls. When we choose a life of safety and conformity there are also pitfalls. As a writer, artist or ballplayer we always wonder … Continue reading →
January 17, 2013
Why I Wrote Dawn
Dawn is an earlier work that I have recently finished and is now available on Amazon. The narrative point of view is in first-person omniscient. I really didn’t know enough about writing when I began and just like building a … Continue reading →
