Category: General

Piles of Work

Recently, work has been a Sisyphean challenge for me. It seems like no matter what I do, more and more piles of work build up, threatening to smother me and sap every ounce of energy I might generate. Certainly, you’ve probably noticed a slight down-turn in activity here, which is something I hope to rectify…

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Back to Work

  Hope you all had a great holiday weekend. But now it’s time to put our collective noses, and pens, back to the grindstone.

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A Seattle Writer’s Rejection Woes

  The great Bookninja pointed out this article about one Seattle writer’s rejection issues. “Like most 39-year-old, single, jobless, hetero men in Seattle, I thought I knew a thing or two about rejection. Then I decided I wanted to write for a living.”

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CNN: Comically Nefarious Nemesis?

Did Stan Lee assume the photo editor position at CNN? Did Marvel Comics purchase the news giant and I just missed the memo? Or has Central Casting really taken over our nation’s criminal underworld to produce bad guys who look like someone that Captain America should punch out? I mean, first, there were those creepy photos…

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A Darn Good Line

  “Tape peeled from the roll just like deer hide coming loose from the meat.” From Roger Alan Skipper’s impressive Tear Down the Mountain: An Appalachian Love Story.

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