A Momentary Distraction

The Name Game

It must be something in the air; or in the electrons. There’s no other explanation. Last week, while thinking about future posts for this blog, I was thinking about names; specifically, my difficulty in coming up with them. Imagine my surprise to read these two posts this week, plus this thread on Absolute Write. We […]

The Reading, Part II

On Wednesday I finished the first read-through of my novel. It took longer than expected. I got almost halfway through it in a single day; it turned into more of a slog after that. I’m happy to say that it wasn’t slow-going because I had to vomit into a bucket every page or two. No, […]

Fact vs. Fiction

Blogger note: Well, I’m already behind. Since I made my first post a week ago Friday I thought I’d stick to that schedule. A ‘main post’ each Friday, and an update here or there earlier in the week. I’d prepared most of the text for this post earlier with the intention of getting it up […]

Is it Always Going to be Like This?

Hurrah for me! Yesterday I got an e-mail telling me that one of my short stories was posted on Time Frame, a new, online site promoting the arts. My story, a bit of flash fiction called On the Line, was first conceived last fall. I originally planned to enter it in a ‘100 words or […]

Re-read, Revise…Procrastinate

Some time soon, perhaps as early as today, I’m going to embark on one of the most frightening exercises of my life. It’s an activity that I’ve been eager to get to, but terrified to start. In fact, writing this means I’m almost certainly going to delay this activity until tomorrow, if not next week. […]