I’ve kept this blog for almost twenty years. During that time, there have been busy seasons and there have been slow seasons, but it’s never really gone away, and I don’t think it ever will. That’s good, because since I don’t do social media anymore, this is my only online public-facing platform. With that in… Continue reading New direction for the blog
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…it sure has been quiet around here
So I was looking back at my stats, and I couldn’t help but notice that (not counting yesterday’s post) it’s been almost two months since I posted anything on this blog. What happened? I could give all the normal excuses: time flying by, kids taking up the time, etc etc… but that would all be… Continue reading …it sure has been quiet around here
Back from Coeur d’Alene
It occurs to me that most of my posts in the past month have either been extremely doom-and-gloom, or they’ve been excerpts from some of my most recent work. This probably gives the impression that I’m huddled in a corner somewhere, black-pilled and traumatized, and seeking some sort of an escape through my writing, when… Continue reading Back from Coeur d’Alene
Where have I been?
So it’s been almost two weeks since I last posted anything, including any of the half-dozen or so short stories I’ve listened to that I feel are worth sharing. What’s going on? We did just have a new baby less than two months ago, though that’s not been as disruptive to everything as I expected.… Continue reading Where have I been?
A quick update and the future of this blog
So as you’ve probably noted by now, I’ve dropped out of doing nanowrimo. I was hitting all the daily milestones more or less until the halfway mark, when 1) I finished the novella In the Wake of Zedekiah Wight, and 2) we left for Nebraska to spend Thanksgiving with my in-laws. Between those two things,… Continue reading A quick update and the future of this blog
Speaking Out Again
Hello there. It’s been a very long time since I posted on this blog. I wonder if anyone is still following it. About a year ago, I pivoted from the blog to my newsletter, and while that’s going well, this blog has been mostly neglected. And it would have continued that way, if not for… Continue reading Speaking Out Again
Rethinking the blog
It seems that I’m constantly in a state of retooling my writing career, moving from one area to the next a bit like construction projects at a university campus. And every time that I start to retool something else, the blog gets neglected. Well, it’s time to retool the blog. A couple of months ago,… Continue reading Rethinking the blog
New goal: bog every day (except Sundays)
For a long time, I’ve struggled to figure out exactly how this blog fits into everything that I do. And while, in the past couple of years, I think I’ve figured out a better way to integrate it with my other creative efforts, I still occasionally go through periods of time where this blog gets… Continue reading New goal: bog every day (except Sundays)
New blog design
So perhaps this wasn’t the best thing to do at 2:00 am this morning, but I downloaded the new Twenty Sixteen WordPress template and tried it out. As you can probably tell, I liked what I saw. Specifically, I like this one because it’s a lot less busy, which probably translates well to mobile devices and… Continue reading New blog design
Book banner!
Over the weekend, I put together a banner for my books. The main reason was so I could use it on Twitter, but it’s probably useful for other places as well: It’s kind of cool to have all my books laid out in one place—and this isn’t even all of them! It does get all the… Continue reading Book banner!