Questions Without Answers

The way I approached writing my whole life was ridiculously simple: I would write when the whim warranted or when after a great deal of time had passed without expressing words upon page.  The latter would usually fall upon me something like this: I would look out from the windshield of my car while drinking [...]

New Religion

Once upon a time … Or would you prefer, it was a dark and stormy night? Fairy tales and cliche begin that way, and what are we if not a bittersweet combination of both?  We’ll go with the fairy tale for this one, as I’m afraid, simply by living we are consistently at the precipice [...]

Cents of Worth

A great many ideas have come upon me over the last few weeks and none so wonderful as the realization that I have in fact, contrary to what my mind would previously allow me believe, accomplished some significant things during my time. The greatest has been the understanding that I’ve positively impacted the lives of [...]

Virtual Cornucopia

Virtual cornucopia … was a term first coined to me by a gal who wasn’t very nice to me at the end (or thereafter, as a matter of fact) but it wasn’t a total loss. I got the term; a sort of ‘writer’s consolation prize’. If it seems the blog entries have been non-existent lately [...]

Anger Management

I haven’t been as quiet as you might have thought this week … but I have certainly been growing steadily more frustrated. On Monday, I wrote 2,500 words for “Joe” and followed that up with another 2,500 word blog entry. Where is this monster blog? Deleted into the virtual nether as all but 1,000 of [...]

Mold & Long-Moldering

It’s noisy where I live. I don’t mean where our little Cape Cod house resides in Nowhere, Virginia but rather in head. On some days, like today, it sounds like a full orchestra is falling down the stairs. Sometimes the cacophony extends for days at a time, making it virtually impossible to concentrate. During these [...]

“My Name Is Joe” Teaser

As promised, here’s a small section from the beginning of my latest short story. Keep in mind that there has been no official editing of this work, so any and all mistakes are solely the fault of the author. It was with a dark and bitter irony, the kind reserved for later rounds of high-voice [...]

A Matter of Math & Ticks

So today was the original deadline set for the latest short’s second draft completion. As usual, I’m liable to miss my this current deadline but I do so this time without any form of outward guilt; there is of course always that twinge when you hoped to have something accomplished in a planned time but [...]

To Begin Again …

After a long period of little inspiration I’ve finally come to realize how much I miss working with words. When you’ve found what you’ve been searching for your whole life you easily slip away from the desires you use to get by without. It seems though, after long periods of time, that desire, so casually put on a shelf, hasn’t forgotten you, though you may have forgotten about it. The hunger comes back, all teeth and regret and you realize that though you have all you ever dreamed about in one hand, the other is still empty and grasping.