Category: Author
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20-20 Theme
Welcome to 2020! In my continuing effort to share some of my Random Journal Writings with you all, here’s another exercise I did in Write From The Body. It is based on a poem and the prompt, “I am From.” If we don’t look back at how far we’ve come and what makes us who…
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Some Things Missing
Holiday Reality: I visited my niece and her family over the weekend. That love makes being back at home today harder. I miss my Dad, who would’ve been 77 yesterday. I miss my Mom, who would’ve been 74. I miss my aunt, my mentor-first-hardresser, and teachers who’ve passed. I miss my mother-in-law & her partner,…
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Publication Announcement! Greenman Wakes
An annual tradition I plan to continue is the inclusion of one of my Coven of The Bowler Urban Magic Stories in Enheduanna, a Pagan Literary Journal.
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December Daring
I’ve been reading this book since Apr 23, 2012. (According to Goodreads.) But have I? Have I really? Of course not. The book is only 278 pages with indexes and appendices. I read more pages of fiction than that in the last two days. What’s really happened is that I have wanted to read this…
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Publication Announcement: For The Empire
My flash story, For The Empire, has been published in Imitation Fruit Literary Journal
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Finnemore Fridays: Who are the bad guys?
One reason why I am such a huge fan of John Finnemore is that his humorous sketches convey a clear and unambiguous message about who the bad guys are in our world. Bad guys are not interested in 1) Being Nice 2) Having Fun or 3) Empathy. DOWN WITH BAD GUYS!MORE GUYS IN THE WORLD…
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Finnemore Fridays (Early Edition!): Millionaires at Halloween
Millionaires have enough space to not throw things away. Or to dip them in chocolate.
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Finnemore Fridays (On Monday. I forgot to Hit Publish Last Week): You see, the problem with writing is…
…everyone has an opinion. At the Santa Barbara Writers Conference in June, I read aloud three chapters from the travel book I’m writing. The critique from the pirates in the room was, “Give me more story about the main character.” I’ve also sent chapters to my writing group. Their feedback was the same, “More you!…