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  • A Speaking Side Of Writing

    It is happening again. Last year, I was a speaker at the Galaxy’s Edge Fan Expo, held in Oak Harbor, WA. They asked me to come back and do it again. Sure. Three days of hanging out with other science fiction writers, most of whom are associated with the Galaxy’s Edge series. They invited me because,…

  • Celebrating A Fourth Draft

    How am I going to celebrate? It is the day before Fireworks Day in the US (for good or not or debate), but the celebration I seek is for completing the fourth draft of the sequel to my first science fiction novel, Firewatcher. Just look at that sentence. Modifiers everywhere. A person, or even a…

  • Finding Topics

    Listen to yourself. I’ll start by listening to me. What am I going to write about? It has been a couple of weeks since I posted to this blog. What should I write about? Enough stuff has been going on. I have plenty to write about for my main blog, which is about personal finance.…

  • Writing As Refuge

    Writing As Refuge Pardon the yawn. Also, pardon the delay since the last time I posted. Life always seems to be busy, but this episode in my life has spiked the activity level – until about now. The yawn helps prove that. I recently moved from a small house with a view on an island…

  • Firewatcher – The Revised Edition

    Note: My apologies. Amazon temporarily paused it. As if life wasn’t crazy enough,… In the midst of moving from my sweet home on Whidbey Island to a sweet tiny house in Port Townsend (from one art community to another – aka MyTinyExperiment.com), I tripped over a deadline.  New and improved, Firewatcher, my first sci-fi novel has been re-released. Now, with…

  • A New Gig – Island Roots Housing

    Well that was unexpected. Unsolicited opportunities happen. As soon as I sign the contract (expected soon), I will be an Social Media Manager / Information Manager / Content Creator / Writer for Island Roots Housing, a non-profit that “…advances affordable housing choices to meet a diversity of needs in Island County.” How’d that happen? Networking…

  • Screenplay Draft – Second Celebration – March 2024

    Whew. That didn’t turn out the way I expected. It turned out better. As regular readers of this irregular blog may remember, I am working on a screenplay, too. Usually in the evening, I take the first draft, attempt to apply the lessons I learned from decades of writing and a quick read of the…

  • Writing Flashback Repost From September 2020

    I came across this old post by searching for a file about a different topic, while I was trying to find something else, so I could get something else done. Isn’t that normal for a creative person? It is a look into my writing process from when I’d just begun the main manuscript for what…

  • Screenplay Draft – Again – February 2024

    It’s getting drafty in here, literally and figuratively – and literary-ly-ish. My house is drafty. It’s sixty years old. I’m 65. I can feel its age. I’m feeling like I’m entering a new era in my age, too old to hire but too poor to retire. And, I’ve finished the third draft of the sequel…

  • Old Books Live

    It’s not dead yet! Don’t give up on books you wrote years ago. One of my popular books is selling again. There was a hiatus, but Walking Drinking Thinking Across Scotland is selling with almost no effort from me. Thanks. Writers can make up (or rephrase) stories that become books. Authors are writers who’ve written…