Where have I been? First, I should apologize for anyone out there. I’ve been away a while. A lot of it is because my job as a teacher has started up again. Then a bit of laziness. But I’ve also been preparing myself for NaNoWriMo. Now that I’m 8 days into this crazy marathon, I […]

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!

It’s Been a While Hello there again. It’s been kind of a while since I posted anything on this blog. I guess it’s a combination of being busy and being at least a little bit lazy.

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.

When the Job is Too Big Right now, my main goal for the coming weeks is to revise and edit a piece I first wrote about a year ago. I’ve had some insight and advice on how to improve it, and even in the earlier (I don’t think all that great) draft, some people have […]

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 […]