Do you every feel it? You’re working hard, doing your best, trying everything you can to make your mark and get noticed. You start to feel that purchase of a little bit of traction. You feel you are making progress. And then you look over. You see someone else. The seem to be fresh out … More Ugly Jealousy
Family effects every moment of our lives. This is true whether we like it or not. I am certainly who I am today because of family and how I was raised. And there is no reason to make this a past tense discussion. As I go along the day I am thinking of my family, … More With a Little Help from Mom
I like posting screenshots, and sometimes actual photos, of daily word counts. It keeps me motivated and also scratches that itch of yelling out into the world “I wrote something today!” Of course, I hardly expect the world to yell back, but it seems that almost every other time I do post such a picture, one … More What App is That?
I had a little bit of time today to sit in front of my keyboard and get some work done. Which turned out to be a great thing, because I managed to finish the first draft of my current WiP. My goal for this draft was 60,000 words. Of course, that is a rough 60k, … More Finishing the Draft
A little while back I finished a short story collection by Adam Wing. I wanted to make of point of showcasing it, because this is a collection that deserves more reads. Apoca Lypse Sink Ships by Adam Wing **Full disclosure: I am a friend and writing partner of the author who received an advanced copy … More Grumpy Bird Reviews: Apoca Lypse Sink Ships
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking of what I like. What type of fiction do I enjoy? Now, in some way this flies in the face of the rules of being successful. It seems that so much of the advice in terms of how to be successful is to write towards a given market. … More The Power of Gray
(Let’s go ahead and get it out of the way. The main point of this post is that I basically need to gain an additional $37 dollars a month at my Patreon site to get both my current and future kid into daycare here in Shinjuku. I totally understand if this makes you want to … More Daycare Dilemma
I don’t really enjoy editing my work. At least not the actual act of editing. I mea, I enjoy having my words get all cleaned up, and locating those missing words that my fingers failed to type as my mind spat them out. But the process of looking over what I wrote and seeing all … More The Joy of Rewrites
The coming of November is a signal of the end of the year. The weather shifts into full chilly mode. Halloween is behind us, Christmas is ahead. Since I have been living in Japan for over a decade I struggle to remember that Thanksgiving is a thing. November, for me, is truly the name where … More The Good of NaNoWriMo
Here I am. It is five o’clock in the afternoon. In little over an hour I will need to leave my apartment and pick up my son from day care. Depending on his mood, we will most likely play there for about thirty minutes, then we will head home. He’ll be excited to see his … More The Need to Do Better
Deadly Troubadour 