On his blog, Chuck Wendig is holding an "Awkward Author Photo Contest." How could this little hobbyist photographer resist? So, I submitted an entry, which I will now share with you: For those wondering the basic Strobist information: This was shot on manual. F 5.3, 1/200th shutter speed, ISO 400 to try and get some… Continue reading “Why, Hello There, Young Writer.”
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Haiku Project
Remember training? All three sessions of training? No, you don't.. do you... My dayjob focuses on client services work. Alas, this means interacting with some unpleasant aspects of human behavior. The best way I had to deal with it was haiku and tanka, posted on my Twitter account. I've collected quite a few. Apparently, they… Continue reading Haiku Project
Shadows Drift
Story updates first, before I get into the picture. I finished the short story "Dreams in the Satan House" and am working on revising it. This month, I'll be cutting up that story, and an earlier one, and trying to get initial readers. I've also got to start planning a few things out for… Continue reading Shadows Drift
Dreams in the Satan House – Short Story Idea
I had to write this out before it completely vanished. As I was dozing on the Metro this morning, I thought back to the Satan House - an abandoned house back in the early 90's just off of MacArthur boulevard near Glen Echo, MD. Art students took it upon themselves to decorate the place with… Continue reading Dreams in the Satan House – Short Story Idea
Available Dark
I've heard the most dangerous kind of skier is a mid-level skier. The beginners are slow and tentative. They don't know what they're doing, so they're cautious. Experts are experts. They can rush through slopes with little effort. Bumps and turns which would panic beginners are easy to navigate for the expert. Ah, but the… Continue reading Available Dark
Story Note and…
First, the story note: Story idea from a dream: Under a resort in the Balkans, on the Dalmatian coast, there is a cavern of crystal. The resort owners know it. So does the secret police. They all work for the thing which lives inside the cave. They do its bidding because it keeps business going.… Continue reading Story Note and…
Welcome to the World of the Future
I cannot escape it. The time has come to once again set mile-markers in the ground and see how I do. And there is still one big item looming on my personal goals: Ivre - at this point, the novel is over 130,000 words and I'm still 14 or so scenes from completing it. At… Continue reading Welcome to the World of the Future
Thoughts from the Neon Boneyard
Vegas, baby! Or what's left of the Vegas of dreams, where the Rat Pack ruled and the strip was a wash of neon. The word LED was barely recognized and to get hundreds of lights rolling all at once, you needed colored light bulbs and a lot of people on very rickety supports. It's also… Continue reading Thoughts from the Neon Boneyard
Penmonkey Get Up, Get Coffee…
We all have our collections of books on writing or photography designed to inspire and educate us. For writing, for me, it's the three pillars: Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott, On Writing by Stephen King, and Zen and the Art of Writing by Ray Bradbury. For photography, it's Hot Shoe Diaries by JoeMcNally. Now,… Continue reading Penmonkey Get Up, Get Coffee…
Biomechanoid Blues 