The Sun and the Sky
I made a wish to see a shooting star. There, a flash across the sky! I made a wish upon it. If only I had used that first wish on something practical, like a book deal or a handjob from a supermodel
The Space Between
I haven’t been given to much blogging lately, as a symptom of a greater ill-at-ease that has infected my life. As an example, use my previous sentence in the context of “my purpose in blogging.” – Is this blog/webpage a venue to showcase my writing ability, as a medium to pull potential readers into buying [...]
Truckin’ with Ron: Barns, Headlights, Boredom
Intro music by The Speeding Trees: http://www.thespeedingtrees.com/
Helpful Spam
Lately I’ve been drowning is (apparently) Russian spam comments (over 30 yesterday), so I thought I’d translate a few and see what’s up! The best so far: Согласен с автором по поводу информации. = I agree with the author about the information. Может тоже себе сделать, буду думать. = It can also make yourself, I’ll think [...]
Fiction as Real as My Breath.
I’ve been writing so much serious non-fiction I’ve forgotten how to write fun, lighthearted fiction. Or non-fiction, I guess. I don’t really have any stories to tell. Some people, I’ve seen them, they have stories. Characters, plots, rich new worlds of imagination…. I don’t. My aborted novel is testimony to that – it’s awful not [...]
A Test Turns Real
Trying to pass yourself off as a “Professional Writer” is tough sometimes. For example, having a blog. Every post you make has to not only be impeccably spell-checked and grammar-fixed, but also so engaging and interesting that the random reader, like a sailor in antiquity, will be helplessly drawn in by my Siren song and [...]
