What Comes to Mind

Here I will post updates on my writing, some short ramblings about the hurdles and joys I encounter on my journey, and anything I find interesting that I want to share.

My Archenemy

My Archenemy

Writing has been my release, my haven, and my hobby for forty years. I used to talk about being a professional writer, but I let that dream fly away in favor of a more responsible and stable profession. Now that dream has...

July 2023 Writing Update

July 2023 Writing Update

Another month has quickly passed, so it is time for my writing update for July. I am more confident with this post, mostly because I am viewing this more as an exercise in self-motivation rather than as a communication with anonymous readers. If you are out there,...

We Suck at Comics is live!

We Suck at Comics is live!

Now that the physical copies of “We Suck at Comics” have officially landed, I thought I would write a little about the short story of mine that appears within. There will be some spoilers, though I will try to avoid the big ones, so you have been properly warned. ...

Passing of an absent friend

Passing of an absent friend

It was quite by accident that I learned of the passing of someone I knew a long time ago. Lois Martin Bressler was an “adult student” while I was attending Suffolk Community College in the early 90s. She worked with me and a lot of other kids – because kids we were,...

June 2023 Writing Update

June 2023 Writing Update

I was supposed to publish this post at the end of June. So what happened? I could not remember how to create a new blog post! I had to go back and find my helpful videos to refresh my memory and guide me through the process again. I’ve taken better notes this time, so...

May 2023 Writing Update

May 2023 Writing Update

I will confess this from the start - I feel very self-conscious composing this post, my first-ever writing update. I mean, the hubris I must have to think that anyone cares what I am writing, how much I have written, or any other random tidbits about what I am working...

Hello world!

Hello world!

Welcome to my new online home. This move is one I made right away, once I officially sold my first story and began working on others. I dislike social media (I am trying to be polite; my disdain for those platforms is much, much greater) and while I can see how it can...