Monthly Archives: February 2005

Woody Guthrie is Phenomenal

In case you didn’t know already. I haven’t listened to the Asch Recordings for awhile and man…

“We Had to Burn the Village In Order to Save It”

That’s how I feel about the story I’m working on. I read through it last night and started doing some edits and about 1/4 to 1/3 of the way through I realized it needed more kick; I read it over today and realized it’s soft in the middle and needs something more solid in the [...]

Done! Sort of…

I finished “Ten-Year Reunion” Monday night. It stopped at 5300 words. Tuesday night was the last night of agility class for Ms. Athena so I got nothing done, but tonight I broke out the hammer and tongs and started whittling away at TYR. And the result? Some of it is good. A lot of it [...]

A Long Short Weekend

The weekend is a blur. We spent most of the day Saturday working on the basement getting it ready for dry wall, which is next weekend’s big project. This went until late into the afternoon and I barely had time to shower before my best friend from high school, Joe Lacey, arrived. He’s in town [...]

Writing, Reading, and the Rest of My Life

Making good progress on a story called “Ten Year Reunion.” One of those stories that flowed and flowed and flowed and it’s getting very close to the time to check to see whether it’s wine that was flowing or…other less attractive liquids. Still, it’s the first post-Clarion story that is close to completion. I’m eager [...]

To Hell with Spammers, And Other Astute Observations

If anyone is interested in online Texas Hold ‘Em, let me know and I’ll pass along a link. If not, then I pray to the Good Lord in Heaven that the bastards who are flooding my email inbox and blog comment moderation panel a) stop trying their silly and fruitless campaign to post messages to [...]