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  • The First Words

    The first words. The first 1,800 words. The third book in my scifi trilogy has begun. I wonder how it will turn out. That should be easy. Sit down and start typing. Easy to say. Easy to type. Don’t lose track of those first thoughts. Get words on media! But… This is my third scifi…

  • A New Year Means New Works

    It’s already the third day of the new year and I haven’t started working on any of this year’s projects. Only 362 days left! Oy. Step 1) Don’t beat myself up about it. Holidays happen, and are not to be ignored. Step 2) Write this post instead of working on the books. A sneaky way…

  • Popular Posts 2025

    Another year, another set of lists. I check the stats at least once a year to see what readers want to read. As a writer, I’ll write what I want to write, but readers are the reason to write. Unfortunately, most readers are too busy to comment. I know I am; I rarely leave comments,…

  • Social Media Posting In December

    You’ve all been doing it, right? You know, posting posts about your content? Pointing out your books to people who might want to see your point? It’s the holiday season, really the shopping season, the season to sell, sell, sell – or not. Sales are good. Sales aren’t everything. But this is the season for…

  • A No Writing Writers Day

    Backups. Consulting with a friend. Organizing a group. Preparing for a film Festival. That’s part of today’s agenda. None of it involved writing, as in physically recording or chronicling anything. Which, ironically, inspired me to write this post. Writers write. Some need a degree. Some need a dedicated space. Some need to be visited by…

  • Muddling By – Sixth Draft Finished

    Is it finished? Let me close my eyes for a few moments while I decide – and hopefully not fall asleep. (snork) Huh? Oh yeah. I guess it is done -for specific definitions of ‘it’ and ‘done’. I now, grudgingly, concede that the sixth draft of Muddling By is complete! For specific definitions of ‘complete’.…

  • Whidbey Island Comicon – 2025 – After

    Hey! They asked me back! Er. They asked for me back. Hmm. They asked me to return. ‘They’ were the organizers of last year’s Galaxy Edge event where I was a panelist because I was local, and a writer of science fiction. (Firewatcher, Fire Race) This year, a name change for them. For me, it’s…

  • Whidbey Island Comicon – 2025

    The quick post to social media: Back for my third year as a guest speaker at theWhidbey Island Comicon – this weekend ! (July 18-20).Cool.See you there.(Details to follow, as time allows, eh?)address: 390 NE Midway Blvd, Oak Harbor, WAhttps://www.whidbeyislandcomicon.org/ The longer post: What? Whoa! Yay! Eep! I just got the word that the event…

  • Muddling By – Fifth Draft Finished

    A fifth draft? Whew. And done soon. The fourth draft was done less than a month ago. Ready to publish, right? Not right. But progress is being made. The fifth draft of Muddling By is done. And yet, what I intended to do isn’t done. Every draft hopefully pulls a manuscript one bit closer to…

  • Cover Art Prep

    What to do in the gap between finishing the third draft of Muddling By (working title) and the fourth draft? Take a vacation, right? Ha! I did set aside the writing, but my brain popped up creating the book cover. As if there wasn’t enough to do writing the book. Years ago, I heard some…