Writing – Page 12 – John D Reinhart

Awaiting the Return

My family calls my enthusiasm for details about the Battle of Midway “the lecture series” but this post isn’t about that. Well, no, no, not really…

A Network of Blogs

You know, you do so many things when you’re trying to get somewhere that you sort of lose track of where you’ve been…

Writing Your Way to the Top

There was a time when you could create an entire writing career out of blue sky, and get paid for it. I know, because I did it.

On Making it Big

First, let us be clear. Oh, so very clear. Clear like a mountain stream, like a windswept sky, like a razor in the eye (clearly painful…): I have not made it big. This is not about that.

45,300

That’s a pretty big number. If your goal is 50,000, you’re plenty close. Why does it seem so far away?

Character Hijackery Part II

It’s been a while, but I previously posted a bit on how the voices in your head sometimes take over your story. Oh, wait, I just said what this entire post is about. Rats.

Finishing Things

I’m working on my third million dollars. Yes, I gave up on the previous two…

I Am a Phone Pirate

I almost titled this post “The Pirate in My Pocket,” but then realized that could be a serious double entendre. But I digress… I admit it. It’s me. Uh oh.

Doing that Thing that You Do

G.B. Trudeau, the cartoonist behind the legendary Doonesbury cartoon strip, said something unusually profound today. Even I got it!

Oh, I used to have one, I promise. And it worked pretty good. But it’s gone now, that brain o’ mine. Been thinking about putting up posters on the light posts: Lost Brain, pinkish gray in color, answers to “hey, moron…”