“Being busy and having business are two different things,” he said with a start. “Dang. What the heck?”
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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…
Continue reading “Awaiting the Return”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…
Continue reading “A Network of Blogs”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.
Continue reading “Writing Your Way to the Top”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.
Continue reading “On Making it Big”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?
Continue reading “45,300”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.
Continue reading “Character Hijackery Part II”Finishing Things
I’m working on my third million dollars. Yes, I gave up on the previous two…
Continue reading “Finishing Things”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.
Continue reading “I Am a Phone Pirate”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!
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