I had attempted to write this novel before. First as a short story of about 10,000 words. When my writing workshop all said “this should be a novel,” I expanded it to about 28,000 words without adding any plot. My Read more
I used to think that writing would be like being an acrobat… performing breathless feats, leaving my audience stunned on the ground. Sure, there would be practice, grueling hours of it (didn’t we have “writing exercises” in school?) but that Read more
Yup, I’m doing “National Novel Writing Month”. This month, I’m going to work on “Galactic Hellcats,” a tale of adventure and girl gangs in space. With space motorcycles. Shhh. I started “Galactic Hellcats” a while ago, as a short story Read more
I’m a big sports fan, and a big home-town fan. A backer. This isn’t surprising because sports fandom is, in a way, hometown fandom. It’s not that there aren’t people who support teams from places other than their own town Read more
Walking home yesterday I noticed a particularly lovely autumn leaf. I thought about the chemistry involved. Acidity and the starting composition of the leaf vary the amount of yellow and red as the chlorophyl is used up and the green Read more
Humans are social creatures, and as social creatures, we exchange thoughts and opinions in the search for friendship. Remember The Sims? Yeah. That was actually pretty accurate. When we interact with people, we bring up subjects, safer, broader ones at Read more
Back in my dating days, I often had to deal with Dudebro Jerks. They would ask you out, and when you said, “No, I’m not interested,” they would demand an EXPLANATION. They would hound you looking for the solution to Read more