The first poster is out for Wicked: For Good . Let's start by looking at the whole thing, because OMG monkeys. Universal Studios Now,...

Decipher, Inc., actually, which turns out to be a publisher. Darn. I was hoping it was a beneficent alien. One into RPGs. Anyway... I...

One of my weekly spreads for the coming month. Sort of Bullet Journal meets Daytimer, plus diary. The trackers are for Writing time,...

Content Warning: No joke, this time. This is some of the Stuff That's Hard to Write. Or read. We'll be talking about incest and battery...

Apologies for my hiatus. I've been battling Medicare-related bureaucracy for a couple of months and it's worn me out. No matter how bad...

Note: Spoilers, sort of, for Wicked , but not anything you’ve not already seen in trailers. Once upon a time, the European Renaissance to...

Recently, someone asked me what my daily word count is. I bristled a bit at this, in that way that says "You're going to have to think...

First, some definitions. Traditional Publishing When a writer submits their work for evaluation by a publisher. If the work is deemed...

Gareth Gatrell/Paramount Pictures/Everett Collection A Quiet Place: Day One  is one of those movies, the ones with the U-shaped reviews....

This is risky, but I’m going for it. I know I said in my introductory post I wasn’t going to talk about political issues in this blog....

For people you love For yourself For your friends For your enemies For all nations For all individuals For now For the future Work for...

A phrase you hear in Southern Arizona fairly often in the summer is "It's like a reverse winter." In other words, one way to deal with...

Trigger Warning: the following discusses the counterproductive, unsustainable, and altogether really stupid promotion of metaphorical and...

Recently, I listened to an interview on a true crime podcast with a representative of the National Organization of Parents of Murdered...

I present herein two rules for managing not only regular old run-of-the-mill aging, but also adult-onset disabilities: One: Do not...

I've decided to add a new series to the blog, "Travels With Nellie" "Nellie" as in "Bly." As in, we go on adventures together. Nellie is...

When you're a writer of any degree, there comes that moment both wonderful and scary when someone askes, "So, what do you write?"

I've decided it's time to start acting like a Real Writer, especially since I'm starting to get some money from this gig.