It’s been quite an exciting few months. My wife and I were kicked out of our rental, and since we are hardworking individuals, we were able to find, finance and move into a house. Yep, we bought a house. It’s been quite rough on writing, with all of the packing, plan making, […]
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Award-winning
A few months ago (around the end of March) I entered a short story into a competition held by the SLO NightWriters. Not being a member, and not really knowing what they do as an organization, I tried to not get my hopes up at all. I didn’t know who […]
One Down, Many More to Go
I recently finished editing Win Some, Lose Some. I think I’ve learned a lot from that project. I learned what it is to have and complete such a large commitment, but also how to sacrifice what I once thought was good story-telling for something that made more sense for the […]
Fears and Good News
I submitted my short story, The Kill, to SLO NightWriters about a month ago. To my great surprise, I was accepted as a finalist in the Short Story category, along with 7 other participants. Whoa. Let me take a step back here. It was very difficult to let my work out […]
Edits, Rewrites and Breathing
I recently stared to re-read and edit “Win Some, Lose Some.” I’m glad that I decided to wait a while, let it breath a bit. The process of re-reading is somewhat difficult as I don’t want to get lost in my own story. I find myself, from time to time, […]
Starting Something New
I finished the last book. And by finished, I mean I finished getting down all of the thoughts swirling around in my head. The book is in no way completed. I am going to have to spend quite a while editing, improving, changing, etc. I do believe that I have […]
On Finishing
So close yet so far. Almost finished with “Win Some, Lose Some”. By finished I mean that I’m almost done with the draft I’m working on. It has always been difficult for me to re-write something. I suppose it’s the same with all authors, but I have a particular hatred […]
Self Imposed Deadlines
“Time is an illusion, lunchtime doubly so.” -Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (said by Ford Prefect) I find that the more I delve into writing, and more specifically, writing for the purpose of a website, getting a portfolio ready or for it’s original intent: fun, the more […]
Caution: The Words You Are About to Read may be Unfini
While searching for content to add to this website, I’ve come across some bits of unfinished writing that are both really good and really bad. One of the samples I was going to use was from a short story I started about two years ago. Being recently laid off, it […]
…and so it begins
Is this the most important thing that I’ll ever post or the most forgettable? I suppose something similar goes through my mind whenever I start a new story. I have an idea, which is an amorphous thing floating around in my head, but the words necessary to get that idea […]