It's been quite a year. I've had a lot of ups and downs, but as we get to the end of the thing I'm feeling generally positive about 2009. Why? Because I've finally realized a life-long dream. Since June, I've written a short story, a novella, and a novel. The novel is in final editing stage before I put it up for sale on a print-on-demand site ( Read more... )

Here's something a little different. I originally wrote this passage four years ago when I first started Errol's Folly. It's from Chapter 2, and describes how Errol discovered that the world was going to end. When I came back to the project this summer I felt pretty good about most of it except this section. I cut this and re-wrote it but ( Read more... )

Well, it took a little longer than I thought considering this material has been unchanged for a few weeks. Anyway, I'd like everybody to meet Alby, a little boy that lives on a spaceship.Albert Isaac Dyson pressed a series of keys on the number pad set into the bulkhead in front of him. The numbers were lit from behind with a soft green light. ( Read more... )

Yeah, I know what I said, and I know how long it's been. I've decided to just stop worrying about how much I post here and do it when I feel like it, such as today! Lucky you ( Read more... )

Here you go, a little taste of what I'm working on now:“I got an idea,” the Texan said, as cool and casual as ever ( Read more... )

A whole month has gone by since I've written here. My guess is that between my daily writing activities and the incredibly easy way to update my friends with Facebook, I've just let the blogging slip. I had an idea that I might try to implement here, since there's more room than elsewhere, which is to post short excerpts from my writing projects ( Read more... )

I was informed by a reader that my post about the heat wave was obsolete. The situation has changed, weather patterns have moved on from that dark time in our history ( Read more... )

We're having a heatwave situation here, and I can't help but wonder if perhaps there's some kind of warming effect happening to our globe. The building where we have our office is air conditioned, but the west walls with their wide windows get very warm by the end of the day, and that's where my desk is. This turns out to be an arctic paradise ( Read more... )

Last week the Kaiser had a mishap with some plastic furniture and ended up getting three stitches in the bottom of his foot. A stool that came with a desk we bought him had a poor design element on the feet resulting in a point sharp enough to gouge. I contacted the company that made the piece and got a personal call apologizing for the accident ( Read more... )

I've gotten into this Mafia Wars game on Facebook. For me it's a nice balance of periodic short distraction and persistent state math game, with set collection and a pretty decent theme to back it up. I'm currently trying to build a good size cash engine so I can afford better equipment and focus on missions in a week or so ( Read more... )