I was in a musical mood when I woke up this morning. So I wandered my mouse over to the Apple Music Store and purchased a couple of new albums: Reggatta de Blanc by The Police (adding to my growing Police collection) How To Dismantle an Atomic Bomb by U2 (the first U2 album I…
With all of the hooplah going on about Pluto losing it’s status as a classical planet and being relagated to something called a “dwarf planet”, I completely agree with what Ken Jennings has to say on the matter. It is science and science is a self-correcting medium. Things change. However, I can picture the SNL…
If a used book store could have met or exceeded my expectations, Wonder Book and Video did just that. It’s about an hour from the house in Frederick, MD and there was some traffic getting there, but it was worth it. It easily rivals The Iliad Bookshop as one of the best used bookstores I’ve…
I was browsing for bookstores in Maryland, specifically used bookstores, and perhaps one to rival the Iliad Bookshop in L.A. and I came across a place in Frederick that looks like it’s just what I am after. It’s called Wonder Book and Video and I’m on my way there right now with a list of…
“Graveyard Shift” is in the mail. It was the single most expensive story I have ever sent out, mainly because it was so long. It weighted just over 20 ounces and cost something over $4 to send off. But it’s on it’s way! I got a haircut this morning, and then headed up to Attick…
They say that writing is a lonely business. Well, tonight I’m inviting you in to see what it’s like. I completed the final draft of “Graveyard Shift” tonight, a 20,000 word novella that I have been working on since January. During the evening, I took some pictures of how I work, finishing up a final…
My Grandpa would have been 86 years old today. I have written about him before, but figured that his birthday is a good time to write about him some more. Television melodrama often has one character passing away before another character can say “I love you,” or before they can tell the person how much…
I just completed the proofreading of “Graveyard Shift” and I now have to go through the 106 page manuscript and enter the corrections into the Word document. I cut what I could to trim the wordage a bit. I also made one change to a character based on a good suggestion from Jason. It turns…
The Golden Age of life is alwaysfive to ten years behind you. At least, that’s how it seems to me, and I’ll explain what I mean. I don’t remember exactly when it started, but when I was in high school, I can remember thinking fondly of my long lost youth, and casting my mind’s eye…