WELCOME TO0 THE 13 DAYS OF GALLOWMAS Why 13 and not 12 like the song I'm playing homage to? Well... this much awesome cannot be contained within a mere 12 days. I also wanted to end on a Saturday. So, in future years we may have more or…
Hard to believe it's been almost two years since I made a post on this website. Seems like forever ago, and even more of a forever ago. Time in Pandemic land is funny. Today has been pretty good. Met a good friend for coffee. Hung out with some…
Books, books, books. Words, words, words. So much of a writer's life is taken up with reading. Or... At least it should be. When the writer begins an MFA in poetry, this is absolutely true... and it's doubled or tripled. I recorded some of my MFA…
I've heard that whatever you spend New Year's eve doing is what you'll be doing for the next year. Last night, good friends invited me over for dinner. I wrote a story in the back of one of my books for them. Then, I…
Wow... What a day! Was all over the place and now I am fried. Here's everything I did as a working creative. First off, I wrote 5 new installments of the Nine Tenths Project and scheduled four. I plan to schedule out all that I have written first…
Today felt longer even though I seemingly got less work done overall, but more work on individual projects. I am without spitting distance of finishing up "The Courtship of Halloween Jill," the short story I'll include in the back of the ebook and print book of…
Wow, Tuesday, October 8th was so crazy busy when I got home I crashed out. So here's everything I did yesterday. Wrote and posted two entries of the Nine Tenth's Project. Met with a student and Starbucks to talk about writing. Had a call with an…
Another busy day. My brain is mush. I read through the three books for "Exploration of Craft." I also scoured the internet for thoughts on readings for each lesson and assignment. I read students' work and prepared responses. I transcribed scheduled three posts for the Nine Tenths…
Sunday mornings I meet a friend, Brian C. E. Buhl at a Starbucks for coffee and writing. We banter some about what we're working, stories we've seen and read recently, and get some writing done. Today I worked on the new "Exploration of Craft"…
It's been a long day. Writing this at almost 1 am. Combining two days work into one post in bullet points, because I'm exhausted. * Nine Tenth's project written: 8 * Nine Tenth's Project Scheduled: 5 * One chapter of Halloween Jack and the Red…
