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For a Texan, I kicked ass
Originally I had a deep, philosophical entry planned for today, but things change. Kind of like how I went to bed early with the intention of getting eight good hours of sleep, but then Riley decided...
View ArticleThe things we do to pay the bills
Number of new words written today: Like 30, counting this blog post. Number of FedEx shipments made today: 53 billion. Divided by 53. Or maybe a billion. IT WAS A LOT OF FEDEX SHIPMENTS, OKAY?
View ArticleTwo years (and a few months) resolution
The past couple days I have been going through a bunch of New Yorker and Narrative magazine stories I had bookmarked to read and never did. I consider this part of my job as a writer, but there are a...
View ArticleLiving life without a safety net
First, thanks to everyone for your wonderful and supportive comments about the stories/scenes I recently posted! I’m so glad I put them out there, even though I was hesitant because they’re so rough. I...
View ArticleThe sun will come out tomorrow today
The weather here has been pretty awesome lately. A balmy 50-60 degrees and mostly sun. (Hmm, a complete disconnect from my current header image… Oops. Oh well.) Riley’s been having a blast walking...
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Leprechauns, yetis, and puppies, oh my!
I’m… surviving. The past few days I’ve had almost no free time until dinner, and by then all I wanted to do was eat and then sleep. (Or at least veg out.) For the record, I’ve STILL met my word quotas...
View ArticleThe end of publishing? Think again.
WIP update: Just topped 17,000 words and am getting to the heart of Chapter 5. Strangely, writing feels easier now that the two MCs (main characters) are split up. Not sure what exactly that means yet,...
View ArticleRecklessly optimistic
Wow, it feels like forever since I’ve blogged. Actually, it feels like forever since everything. This has been an extremely long week, but it has also been far better than I imagined it would be....
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Dog days of summer
Okay, it’s not quite summer yet, but since the A/C at work was broken for a few days, it kinda felt like it. I don’t talk much about my day job, because we all know how that can go, but there have been...
View Article“There’s no shame in being a starving artist”
From “‘Mad Men’ Creator Matthew Weiner’s Reassuring Life Advice For Struggling Artists”: It took seven years from the time I wrote Mad Men until it finally got on the screen. I lived every day with...
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