The subject line was taken from the chosen submission for the second paragraph of our collaborative story.Here is the link to our collaborative story, showing two paragraphs so far.The submissions for the proposed 2nd paragraph were fabulous, and I e...
Give me your best proposed second paragraph to follow this first paragraph below for a short story:The clouds in the summer sky burned in the red-orange rage of a dispossessed sun crashing below the horizon. The dark hills--recumbent silhouette--shie...
I attended the Writers Cantina in Utah last week. If you're interested in a hasty report of that experience, you can read about that here.One of the sessions at the cantina dealt with tropes. What are your favorite tropes to read? What tropes turn up...
In celebration of the 4th of July (which is a big deal to some folks in the United States) I'm throwing the tea into the harbor and declaring a huge discount on 2 great books in the Tomahawks and Dragon Fire series -- Books 3 and 4:Clamorous Harbinge...
There are chains that lift us and chains that bind us. The fault lies not in the chains but in how we employ them. We forge the links ourselves and determine their use. I suppose some chains also drive, propel, or hurtle us. The chain I have on my mi...
I finally changed the spark plug in the F650GS. I've had the plug for a couple years or more, but I've been afraid of doing the job. That sounds silly, but I had read the experiences and watched the videos of others who had done it. The task seemed d...
I finally changed the spark plug in the F650GS. I've had the plug for a couple years or more, but I've been afraid of doing the job. That sounds silly, but I had read the experiences and watched the videos of others who had done it. The task seemed d...
For those of you considering participating in theater, let me give you a little advice--a tip from an old hand and veteran of the wars upon the boards waged in spirit gum and grease paint: When you're on stage and all the other actors fall silent wit...
I went fishing one day this week on the reservoir. It's an annual ritual we do with some of our Fish and Game officers. I'll spare you the photo of me with the only fish I caught. The weather was great, but the fishing was not. Four guys caught 6 fis...
Exhaustion laden with disappointment -- that was my week. It was trial by day and play practice by night. 4 days of trial: A young victim's word against that of the defendant. Although her testimony rang true and the experts supported her, the defend...