No Such Thing As Perfect

31 Aug 2016

As I approach the end of my process on this story, I teeter on the edge of procrastinating indefinitely. I've done this before. I've written the st...

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Snippet: Subway

25 Aug 2016

I am, like millions of others, on my way somewhere else. But we must pass through here. Past the gates, the turns. Scan the card, be reported, p...

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Hell or High Water

23 Aug 2016

Last week my process post was not very happy. Sometimes you just feel more of the struggle than the shine, and that's how it is. The trick is not t...

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Snippet: Beckoning

18 Aug 2016

I am alone in a sea of life. Not the people, those are shambling corpses. It's the bridge. The buildings. The sidewalks. They pulse. Sway. Tr...

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Imposter Patience

16 Aug 2016

I owe this site a blog post. Makes me wish I'd decided Tuesdays would be for the creative writing snippets, since those are already loaded and read...

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Snippet: Full Moon

11 Aug 2016

I am never tired of the sight. The pilot looks bored, and he's made less flights than I have. His experience all in space station docking. I ...

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The Travel Writer

09 Aug 2016

Of the six projects I've created for the current fiction universe I'm writing within, the Traveler's Guide has been a particular challenge for me. ...

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Snippet: The Cat

04 Aug 2016

I am unworthy of such a royal visitor. She comes only sometimes. Or she is there always and chooses only certain moments to reveal herself. L...

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Character Arcs

02 Aug 2016

Lately I have been feeling a bit off. Waiting on the grand dump of constructive commentary for my manuscript, I have tried to practice Active Waiti...

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Snippet: Married to a Mermaid

28 Jul 2016

I am aware as my wife stirs. She folds the blankets back into place, taking care to lay them flat so there is no leakage of warmth. She think...

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