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.
November 2023 Writing Update
It's been a hectic month here, with multiple vacations, deadlines, NaNoWriMo, and various other happenings that have kept me so busy. So this update will be short as I try to catch up on all the hours I spent having fun. After a couple of late-night sessions, several...
October 2023 Writing Update
Before I start, I am sorry this update is late. I uploaded it and I thought I scheduled it, but I did not. I did warn you there would be technical issues as I learn all this website stuff. I left the post intact. With the spooky month coming to an end, I have two...
September 2023 Writing Update
Let’s start with a little writing contest news. Late in the month, after I had written the August update, I stumbled upon a flash fiction writing contest. I decided at the last minute to give it a shot. nycmidnight runs several writing contests a year. For this...
Why It Takes Me So Damn Long to Write Anything
In a previous blog post that I am certain you already read, I discussed my relationship with the backspace key and the way I have learned (for the most part) to coexist with it. Within that post, and in many other places as well, I have confessed willingly that I will...
August 2023 Writing Update
The end of August is upon us, which means the end of my summer break is looming. It has been a fun summer personally, and a productive ten weeks of writing as well. I’m looking forward to returning to my work routine (which also helps me have a more stable writing...
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
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!
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
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,...