Monthly Archives: April 2007

We went to the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston yesterday for a special exhibition of 19th French masterpieces from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. It’s the only stop for this tour and the director of MOMA said that they’ve … Continue reading →

A fantasy novelist’s exam.

One of the biggest differences between C.S.I. and its spinoff versions is that the others take themselves so damned seriously all the time, whereas the original doesn’t mind poking fun at itself from time to time. Last night’s episode is … Continue reading →

Two stories in the mail this morning, both due at the end of the month so I got them out just in time. Now I can return my focus to the story that’s due on May 15th. After that, I … Continue reading →

I think I’m just about ready to let my latest creation out the door. I have to—the deadline is in less than a week. I’ve done a lot of editing on this 3500-word story without substantially changing the tale. There … Continue reading →

Saturday was “catch up on house/yardwork” day. I didn’t go near a computer until the afternoon. I’d made a list of chores on Friday and took great pleasure in checking them off as I accomplished them. They ranged from trimming … Continue reading →

I finished the first draft of the new new short story this morning. It came in at 3400 words, about 1200 of them written today. It’s a basically plotless story, one of those naval-gazing literary things I feel compelled to … Continue reading →

This was a very good writing morning—just over 2000 words by the time I backed the document up. This is a new story, one that I’ve been cogitating over for the past couple of days. The deadline is at the … Continue reading →

Bernie Taupin wrote the lyrics to Ticking almost 25 years ago. Plus ça change and all that. My contribution to Storytellers Unplugged this month is called Using My Common Senses. I’ve made at least one person think, it seems, so … Continue reading →

Weekends are funny beasties. Hours and hours of blank slate that should be ripe ground for getting a lot done. Sometimes it works out that way. Not always. My major accomplishment from a writing perspective was that I finished and … Continue reading →