Reading Time: 2 Minutes I did a thing. I’ve booked myself away on a writing retreat. It has been an embarrassingly long time since I’ve picked up my WIP, but I’ve been thinking a lot about it lately and getting excited to actually get back into it. I have over 51 000 words written. I…
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Weekday Woolgathering – 6/20/22
Reading Time: 6 Mins You see, I have these thoughts. Creative thoughts. Ideas. Books, stories, characters, all swirling around in competition for space on the blank page in front of me whenever I make the time to sit down and write. Then there are the things that happen to me in real life; those moments…
The Signal – VSS Weekly 1 (400 words)
Reading Time: 2 Mins The Signal One by one the efficiency experts moved their way through the company and now here they were, in front of me and my entire division, talking about profits being down. Rohit looked like he was going to barf. He just had a kid. Sam put her hand on his…
Very Short Stories
Reading Time: 3 Mins I’ve been seeing #vss365 pop up on more tweets lately and knew it was a writing prompt of some sorts but wasn’t sure how to participate. I finally had the time yesterday to look into it and I was intrigued at what I found. Kudos and thanks to Natalie Gasper for…
Plantsing
Reading Time: 3 Mins I was a part of a discussion recently that asked, “Are you a Plotter or a Pantser?” Meaning, do you plot out your manuscript meticulously or do you fly by the seat of your pants? Someone introduced me to the term “Plantser” and I feel like, right now anyway, that is…
One Word At A Time
Here I am: dad, writer, traveler. More to come on this site for sure; for right now I am just taking it one word at a time.