Tag: writing

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • To Play With Scammers Or Not

    OK. Officially, do not play with phone scammers. The US government says so. You may not be surprised that I do not always do what I am supposed to do, or not supposed to do. As a self-published author, I receive frequent spam and probably scam calls. I actually answer them, partly because I have…

  • Authors Help Writers

    There was something worth tweeting about. I surprise many writers by being willing to meet for free. Free? They get confused. I’m not surprised. One of my favorite ways to confuse people is by doing something for nothing. I will charge to help, but most writers I meet don’t need much more help than being…

  • Amazon Sales Rank – Jan 17 2024

    Don’t worry. I’m not going to delve too deep, or pretend this is much of a thing; but, it is handy for this author to track his books’ Sales Ranks as per Amazon.com. I sold a book today. Yay? Many authors can claim that they sell a book an hour. Some may never sell a…

  • Words Words Words

    Silly person. Take a hint. Among the various blogs I’ve run, they’ve either been too general (personal finance, the fate of the world, etc.), or very specific (life on Whidbey Island), or for one of the books I wrote (Walking Thinking Drinking Across Scotland, Dream Invest Live). My writing deserves more space. This blog is…