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less is more…unless it’s more

I’m a fan of Strunk & White’s Elements of Style; it’s one of the few physical books I want nearby so I can leaf through it on demand. The demand, however, arises quite often...

status check

status check

My current project is a collection of stories (or narratives, or memoirs, or whatever the hell you want to call them). Three are finished, one more is close. Four stories, 18K words. If a...

it’s never that simple

it’s never that simple

So my next story, Aisle Five, Halfway Down, Top Shelf, is approaching “done.” Extraneous crap removed, structural flaws resolved, ambiguities clarified. Most importantly, it passed the Liza test; she laughed. Now proofing and polishing,...

Elvis Edison

Elvis Edison

Katya took her English progress test today. As an ENL (English as a New Language) student, she gets some assistance from the school, and every year they give an assessment test. We were talking...

Mr. Tuffles Will See You Now

Mr. Tuffles Will See You Now

The #redditwriters group has held several write-ins on their slack channel now, and I’ve been in a few of them. The format is usually something like a 5 minute warm-up, a 20 minute prompt,...

best christmas gift ever

best christmas gift ever

…oozing head cold. My mucus production has increased thousandfold; I should be able to lube up a medium-sized industrial nation at this point. No worries, I’m saving it all.

why we write

why we write

On twitter, another writer tagged me in a chainmeme with the question, “why do you write?” It’s not an easy question, the more you dig down. There are layers and layers. Like a frog....