I’m not going to suddenly be divinely inspired by an invisible spirit coming in the window (search “genie” and “genius”), and type furiously for 12 hours straight until my masterpiece is formed, then quickly published, optioned for a film, bringing in millions of dollars.

What’s New? Hi there. Yeah, I know. It’s been a gazillion years since I’ve been on here. I’m sure I’ll get into it eventually, but the basic story is

Musings on a Lego Scene Right now, I’m sitting at the dining room table, also known as our complete junk everything on it table. It’s where I do a lot of my painting, and we have all of Ben’s old school stuff, plus we do at least try to eat here. Right now, though, I’m […]

Doubts! I was thinking yesterday about how hard it is to be original in this day and age. I mean, look at the cliché I just used, even!

Priorities Hello there everybody. This entry is about the reason I haven’t posted here for a while. It’s about life getting in the way. Yes, I know that I am probably about to make a whole bunch of excuses, but there it is.

Patterns I’ve been taking an online class about Joseph Campbell’s monomyth and archetypal journey.  It’s the idea that most or all stories follow the same basic pattern.

First, some news I’ve set up a Facebook Group, called “Chapter One, Page One” linked to this blog.  I feel that Facebook has a better set up for conversations and comments.  I’m hoping, eventually, people will join and discuss what troubles they are having.  It is kind of tough starting this journey.  I know I […]

False Starts I have put off this journey for far too long.  For more than a decade, I’ve been on-and-off with my motivation.  Here are a couple examples…

What is this? So I spontaneously, sort of, decided to get a writing blog.  Actually, it’s something I’ve thought about for a while, but didn’t think I would do.  So then there I was, sort of late evening on a Sunday.  Let me look up an article on how to make a writing blog.  Then […]