Housekeeping

Today has been a day for just managing to try and pick things up a little. That goes both for the real life and the writing life. Real life terms, I’ve been getting caught up on laundry, playing with my birds (literally), putting out the recycling, and once I’m done with this post I’ll be … More Housekeeping

About that Goal

A few days ago I wrote about how I wanted to finish my second draft by tonight. There are still a few hours left in tonight and all things are possible. But, to be honest, it does seem rather unlikely. I suppose I could chalk it up to poor planning. I really liked the sound … More About that Goal

Unannounced Goal

Earlier this week I looked at my calendar and decided something. After too long of working on it, I aim to finish the second draft of my second novel by June 21st. Although, just now as I right this I have an urge to make it June 22nd. Hmm. Let’s put that to the side … More Unannounced Goal

Joy of Editing

My Saturdays are kind of broken. They start with an early morning of helping to get my son ready for daycare. Even though it is a weekend I try and approach Saturday like it is at least a half day of work and even a half day is impossible with the little guy around. So … More Joy of Editing

Quiet Sunday

Just like the title of this post suggests, today was a fairly quiet day. I played with my son, edited my sequel, ate lunch with the Mrs. Really just a low key kind of day. The most shocking part of it was when my sweet little parrot bit my nose just hard enough to make my … More Quiet Sunday

500th Post

I started this blog 5 years ago partly as a means to keep from being bored at work. I would type out a few stories while putting on a serious face. My hope was that no one on the office would figure out I was writing tales of fantasy and sci-fi. No one ever did. … More 500th Post