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Wrap-up 2020: Everything Else

Eighteen hundred short story rejections!!!!

Wrap-up 2020: Some Books I read This Year

Wrap-up 2020: Great Writing year; LEss Good Publishing Year

Wrap-up 2020: I have fallen back in love with my online journal

reading a book of brutal takedowns of left-wing intellectuals

Decided to give in to despair and bitterness

I told you I was going to put more work into this blog, and I have now done it

Realized that motive is the core of every mystery novel

For Your Awards Consideration (And also Story Notes for Everquest)

A mea culpa for my intemperate comments about the classics

Have recently read or am reading books by Anthony Horowitz, Sofia Samatar, Hamdi Abu Golayyel, and the world's most popular author, Anonymous

Today I am just loving being a writer

Getting back into reading books

Going to do an ever-so-tiny bit of Renovation To the blog

'Placed' a story in Gulf Coast

Sunday November 22, 2020

Why is the writing in literary essays so turgid?

I am story-writer now

Had my novel spontaneously turn into a short story

Scattered thoughts on estate plannIng

Writing-related Gadgetry: The Freewrite Traveler

Reading the USA Trilogy

Have been reading a ton of French Graphic novels lately

Five classics that ought to capture you from page one

Thinking about other things

I'm now going by Naomi

Only have half a day of childcare today, so need to get my procrastination in early

Well we're all screwed

I’m a fan of political novels. Most aren’t very good. DEMOCRACY, by Henry Adams, is a good one

Only doing a So-So job at not being anxious

Proud of this blog

Every writer needs a friend who's more successful and who's willing to validate their own bitterness

Books I've Read Lately

Have been feeling a little hopeless lately

You're going to end up doing the work now, or later, or maybe never

Wrote a book that I think will Probably sell

Writer’s block is real

Having people read your stuff is, sadly, invaluable

Dunno how to fix my book; might just declare victory and go home

Finished the rewrite of THE LONELY YEARS, now just noodling for two weeks

Reread the ultimate in depressing protest novels, EVERY MAN DIES ALONE

Things you might not know about me: I love the DC Universe. Have been really liking the show HARLEY QUINN

Definitely wish writing books involved more, like, typing

Friday May 08, 2020

Kind of nice to not have a book under contract anymore

Having a baby has not proven the shock I thought it would be

Since my last post, I've had a baby, my book has come out, and an unprecedented pandemic has shut down the country and the world

If you dislike my novel, you're really not alone!

Hey blog readerssssssssssss! I still love you

Feeling a little free-er to speak my mind these days

Balancing gratitude and entitlement

The definitive guide to getting over writer's block after just two or three years of agony