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* Twelve million times this video's been viewed, but it's still silly and makes me happy to watch it:

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* Yes, I'm still alive, still here and still writing. The final story in The Long Range should have been finished two months ago but I'm still writing it. This isn't really work, it's just bigger than I thought it would be. Oversized finales ( Read more... )

Sticking my head above ground long enough to tell you that I'm busy writing.

I know, Big Surprise, right?

Well, that's what's going on. It seems that late March and into April is a particularly good time for me to write. There's a lot going on in my daily life (sometimes TOO much). As a matter of fact, this is what it feels like sometimes:

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Just finished reading Charlie Huston's new book SLEEPLESSIt's amazing ( Read more... )

I have to write about 500 words a day between now and May 1st to get myself on track for the year. Even then I'm about two months and about 18,000 words behind where I wanted to be. My original plan was to be done with writing short stories for The Long Range by March and I'm two stories behind. I was also anticipating spending some time this ( Read more... )

-> As much as I'm an Apple Zombie, I'm waiting to see what happens with the iPad. Tons of apps are popping up all over but the one that's got me really scratching my head is the $1.99 for digital Marvel comics. Really, they couldn’t drop the price any more and entice the MILLIONS of users to try something they wouldn’t go into a dark, smelly, ( Read more... )

There's been a lot going on, but none of it is interesting enough to share. Just wanted to drop in and say 'hi' and let anyone know who might be wondering that everything's okay and that I'm just working working working away at my day job and on the writing. There might be some exciting news eventually, but it's far enough away that anything else ( Read more... )

* Ideas are bubbling like a glass of Perrier ( Read more... )

Ideas come to me, like most creative types, usually when I hear part of a conversation, a news report, a song or read something that stirs me to think ( Read more... )

It's been a week since I last posted here, so - time for an update.

I finished the first draft of "Honest Work" on Monday and I felt very proud of it. Thought it reminded me of my favorite Old Time Radio show Quiet, Please. I exported it from Scrivener to Word and printed it out for editing later on. The next day I started the new story, "Soul ( Read more... )