It is a strange time of year for me – strange that the psychological lure of a new beginning is quickly subsumed into the longshore drift of routine, and you wonder if it was a just a pause in the spin cycles where the water rushes in and you have to tread water to stay… Read More Thursday
Rattle along. Rattle through. Keep pushing. Try and keep the data-trail clean, and the work will accrue. Just by keeping in regular habits and keeping the whole philosophy of Regular Movement in play I have managed to write many books and have a work ethic that I can be proud of. I am trying this… Read More Tuesday
Risk Assessment Management had a sheep as it’s mascot. Take the Ram by the horns. Blow the horn. A cuineiform. A nautilus shell. Aster funnily enough, when she went into an area was the source of most of the risk. She had remora tulpas bobbing in her wake that, when she had completed a mission,… Read More Aster Risk
Why is the universe spinning? We are looking through the gate of a double slot experiment, and we are seeing it all move, like it is not just pictures strung together in a stroboscopic flow, like a zoetrope. Built around zootrophy. Rings within rings, circles within circles. A downward spiral into the heart of the… Read More Zoe Trope
the work ethic rules i am putting plans in place knuckling down to write
A day of rest – notionally, but really, how often? I don’t believe myself to be a scribomaniac, though I try to write daily. No, I am a writer. I sit here, surrounded by sleeping cats, thinking what strange little creatures they are. They eat to fuel a biological machine that seems designed for sleeping… Read More Sunday
Different genres and their conventions, if learned, are perfect for making something more interesting of whatever genre you are currently working in. It is interesting how shifting around in the skin of one type of story and painting it to look like something entirely other can have a profound impact on how the story delivers,… Read More Thursday
It’s kind of interesting to know how important the next set of votes that are going to be placed in this country are, and to know that I will be affected by them, and to not be able to participate because I am a Legal Resident Alien and not a Citizen. It is interesting to… Read More Wednesday
Yesterday we had an art walk where I work, and I helped to curate it. I love art – I used to make visual art myself, and I still do in the form of book covers, but being able to help my talented friends, and encourage talented artists is an amazing feeling. I know that… Read More Saturday
Me and my wife always try and go for a nice walk on Saturday, because it is a great way to see the outside world, and a nice way to spend some time together. The last couple of weeks we have been going into downtown Tampa and walking around and learning about the city we… Read More Saturday