Archive for March, 2009
Another’s Success, Not Your Failure
Let’s talk about the ugly side of writing success and the hope we all have for it. There are emotions we don’t want to feel, know we should not give into, and to which most of us fall prey regardless. Do these sound familiar? Competition, jealousy, envy, superiority, fear, insecurity, ego, bitterness, resignation…the list goes [...]
Saturday Morning Post 3.28.09
As I remind myself yet again this is the Saturday Morning Post, I take comfort in the fact that I have three hours before it becomes the Saturday Afternoon Post. To wit… I have a keyboard and I am at my regular computer. I will search high and low until I find a replacement for [...]
Scribbling a Rebirth
Oh, the stuff! The grand, wonderful, crazy, bizarre, silly, spectacular stuff that is spilling out of that space in my head that generates words. Unexpected romps with the Muse, unexpected connections between short stories that tie them together, unexpected purity in a bit of flash fiction…and the wonderful, though provoking gibberish as well!
Story starts, shorts, [...]
Why Pen and Paper Will Always Rock
The photo is a metaphor for my life the last couple weeks. Believe it or not, the writing is going fine (when it goes). I’m not struggling with writer’s block. I’m struggling with the brick walls of technology and general life.
In honor of what I’ve lived with and tolerated (or not as the case may [...]
Saturday Morning Post 3.21.09
Perhaps we should call this the Weekend Edition, yes? The reasons for this should become clear in Monday’s post.
For any writer needing a boot to the arse, my friend Anthony delivers one of stellar proportions. I think he’s been reading my mail or something. The tone is serious and pointed. The message is vital.
Put Things [...]
