The Spectator

I am really three people all in one. First one is the neurotic super anxious and prone to excessive panic that she is the most useless being in the universe, and then does nothing more than scream inside me for days on end. Sometimes out of frustration, sometimes in terror, then oddly even out of...

The List

I have been beating my head against the sweet wall that is NaNoWriMo since 2009. Ten years after its inception. In that time I would like to think I have developed a fairly decent routine once the site relaunches every October. September 30th, anxiously awaiting the relaunch. Have a perfect idea set to go, just...

The Importance of a Good Theme

I have known since I was a kid that music was pure energy. I would go as far to say that it sustains me more than anything like sunny days, fond memories, or even food. Nothing fills me up with more human spirit than an expertly composed kick-ass theme song. Case and point, I just...

Plotober 2017

It is decided. The novel I will be chipping away at furiously next month is something that I have meant to do for a very long time and is probably the story with the most failed attempts out of them all. This is When Heroes Fall. A prequel of sorts now to my 'opus' which...

Ode To October

I wish I were born in October. That would really top off the already innate awesomeness of this month nicely. As it stands, October is still the best month of all in my not at all humble opinion. You’ve got the first real whiffs of fall here in Maine after the constant menopausal changes of...

The King’s Challenge

I have said it often enough here that you guys should be sick of it, but this is an awesome book. It mixes human enough stories of an honest man's life with the bare bones hard truths of being a successful writer. Basically, outside of The Elements of Style, this is the book on writing...

Time Out

This is my not so humble request to the universe, for the love of Mike can I please have a break? This is not to say that things aren't going well. In fact as far as the 'American Dream' things are going very well for me. Since last we spoke I have gotten a job,...

The Before

So in about an hour, I will be sitting helplessly in a lobby not far from where I am now, waiting and watching for my time to come. Today is the day of my first interview for a state position, which is like nothing I have ever done before in my life. Understandably my nerves are...

Great Balls of Fire!

When it rains, it friggin pours! And these days it's coming down from all sides... Worst for first, my job still sucks and is progressively getting worse. My car popped a tire and then got the death sentence from my mechanic during its yearly inspection. While not unexpected, it still leaves me without transportation. My...

Camp NaNo, Day One: Part Two

So this is a tale of how Camp NaNoWriMo Day One, July 2017 edition, went down. Otherwise known as, I shit you not! The day started luxuriously slow, as muggy humid days off tend to. But by eight thirty I was showered and dressed, then I headed out for breakfast before I did some much-needed...