Last evening I had the honor of being the guest speaker at the August meeting of the Inland Northwest Writers Guild.  As usual, they met in the upstairs spaces of Auntie's Book Store in downtown Spokane.  I thought others might be interested in what I had so say, so I'll post the presentation notes that I had prepared here.  Unless I forget to do ( Read more... )

Had a busy and tiring week at work.  Monday, the gal who shares janitorial duties with me was ill and didn't make it in.  While I couldn't do much about cleaning the ladies' locker rooms, I still ended up doing a bit more of the common tasks and areas.  Thus I ended up being there a half-hour or so longer than normal.  I was late enough in leaving ( Read more... )

 I think that last time I mentioned I had started reading a new book entitled EVERGREEN IS MOVING.  Then I could not remember the author's name well enough to include it, and as the book was at work, and I was here at home, I could not readily go find out.  But as I have read a little of it over the past week, I've had ample opportunity to remember ( Read more... )

 I guess you learn something everyday...sometimes the hard way!  I was quite a ways into this post, or what I thought was this post, when I realized I needed some other information.  I thought I could open another page over this, get the info I needed and use the "back" arrow to bring me back to here.  When I got back, it had all disappeared!  Like ( Read more... )

Another week has gone by since I last posted.  It's almost as if I'm on a schedule, in that I've posted on Sunday for the past three weeks or so.  I'm sure I could come up with enough to post everyday, but then I'd never get anything else done.

Over the past few days I've gotten a little work done on my second Naval Adventure/Fantasy novel.  I ( Read more... )

I think it has been pretty well established that most writers are also readers.  As I look back on my life, I think it is the enjoyment of reading that has led me to become a writer.  As a writer, I find that I read differently than I did when I was just a reader.  I tend to look a little closer at the writing itself and not just at the story being ( Read more... )