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I’ve finished chapter 10 of my novel’s second draft. Until this past weekend, progress on chapter 11 had been going pretty slowly. I feel guilty because part of me feels like I shouldn’t be having a hard time, considering this chapter has an interesting development in it. Even so, rewriting this (or any major sequence)…
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My 12-year-old cat has been exhibiting some behavioral changes lately, so before I took him to the vet, I wasn’t sure if this week’s post would be an early eulogy for him or not. Thankfully, the news is not the worst it could be, although it’s still something that needs to be taken seriously. We’ve…
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I don’t normally perform any sort of observance or commemoration of the September 11th attacks, but seeing as how this year is the 25th anniversary (already?!), perhaps it’s worth jotting some thoughts down. Obviously, everything changed that day. The world we thought we knew was shattered and the one that replaced it now seems deeply…
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I realize that I haven’t done any meaningful writing in about two weeks. This is both a byproduct of and contributing factor to my poor mental health of late. Know this, that the mood to do some writing has come and gone a few times in that span, but I’ve always been busy with other…
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Once upon a time, not all that long ago, if we’re being honest, I fancied I might do a woodworking blog that would focus on my meager hobbyist efforts. It was going to be titled “Never Enough Clamps” after the eternal struggle of the same name. I’m not announcing the revival of that idea, but…
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I apologize in advance for these scattershot thoughts. In just a few days, I will officially be between jobs. It’s not something I envisioned for my career, but I have to move forward as best I can. For all my earlier talk of resolve, it either failed me when I needed it or else it…
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As one might intuit from the title, I’ve been generally distracted the last few weeks by the men’s World Cup. Having played soccer in my youth (at the YMCA), I came to be a fan of the sport. It comforts my little ADHD brain to have it on, whether in the background or as a…
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A progress update on the second draft of my novel: I’ve finished chapter 6. By my current chapter outline, I only have 19 more to go. Cue the upside-down smiley face emoji. The second draft is already at 28k words, so there’s probably not a very good chance that the whole thing will come in…
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My wife and I are watching the original “12 Angry Men” and we’ve had conversations about how it could be remade and with whom. I’m personally of the opinion that it needs to be updated with women in the cast because could you imagine Jane Lynch or Toni Collette matching up against Michael B. Jordan,…
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Greetings! It’s been a while. I’ll confess upfront that this post’s title is misleading. This just happens to be the seventh post on my author blog and I couldn’t think of anything more clever or relevant. I’ve barely scratched the visual art itch since I last talked to you all. I did find a bunch…
