An excerpt from my novel, “Mother’s Of Invention” She was born in a two room shack in the middle of the Sonora desert. The daughter of a dirt farmer, she grew up money poor, but family rich. The youngest in a family of eight, she dreamed of the bigger and better things her older siblings … Read more
I tend to get burned out on occasion. This last week being one of those times. It isn’t that I didn’t have things to write about: a broken finger, a run-in with a friend with whom I no longer speak, the new pope, tree-huggers writing me about my previous post. A few weeks ago, I … Read more
Ever wonder what a day in the life of a freelance writer is like? Well, as much as I’d like to say that it is filled with unbeliveable amounts of alcohol broken up by bouts of creative genius, it’s really not like that at all. One of my favorite writers, Ernest Hemingway, would write on … Read more
A cold wind swoops down off the mountain, like a seagull feeding from the open ocean, taking small bites from the skin not covered by my thin jacket. There is nothing that can be done about it, and I can’t even say I would if I could. It’s part of the user fee. Pain, or … Read more
The pale light from the window above my bed tried valiantly to banish the shadows that filled the corners of the room, but never quite succeeded. I didn’t mind the shadows much. It gave me a place to hide. I learned to love the shadows in my room, especially when there were strangers in my … Read more
The lives of other people fascinate me. I mean, really, that’s why I read as many blogs as I do. If you’re coming here, chances are you’re just as voyeuristic as I am. I’m of the belief that the main reason blogs have become so popular is the cavernous need, arguably perverted, to live for … Read more
Man, I am really lacking in focus today. I have an two articles due on monday and I should be cranking them out right now, but what am I doing? Going on a hike on the Waihe Valley trail. It’s a relatively short hike (2 miles each way) and only moderately difficult (uphill most of … Read more
The sky was falling at the time. Not all at once as the children’s tale goes, but in little drops. Good for the Earth, but bad for me. I hated the rain and everything that was born of it. Green isn’t among my favorite colors, which is why I moved here to the desert when … Read more
Have any of you ever participated in National Novel Writing Month? I’m about to sign up and throw down 50,000 words in 30 days. Have you noticed my infrequent posts here and think, “No way. Not even if he had a team of monkeys could this hack hope to push out a novel in 30 … Read more
My new screenplay is about a week away from completion. I work in an odd way in so much as I actually think of dialog first, then find an appropriate character and use for the dialog. Sometimes the dialog has no place in a dramatic setting. These are some snippets from that wandering dialog (in … Read more