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Into the storm: Sandy hits NJ
The rain has started. A squirrel just scampered across the street, completely unaware that this rain is different: this one has a hurricane behind it. It will know soon enough. And possibly things like...
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After the storm: the worst is over
From my various logs, as things happened (with an afterword): October 29, 2012 3:45 PM Almost worse than loss of power is being without water. I remember Hurricane Irene, just a year ago. Unfinished...
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The red lobster tale: writing in minor emergencies
For your enlightenment and entertainment, and in case it happens to you: The lobster tale Today I woke up, and was a giant red lobster, fire-engine red from my feet to the top up my head under the...
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The red lobster tale: ME/CFS and B1 overdose possible – CAUTION
From the PREVIOUS POST – and now I think I’ve figured it out: The lobster tale Today I woke up, and was a giant red lobster, fire-engine red from my feet to the top up my head under the hair, and down...
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ME/CFS and B1: resuming B1 use after possible overdose
I’m back on the stuff (B1), successfully so far. One of the scariest things in the world is what I’ve just gone through: figuring out that you have a massive overreaction to something you ingested, but...
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Writers and the Fear of Death
Everyone is afraid, sometime during their life, of Death, the final frontier, the Great Divide, the place no one returns from. Writers, being fearful creatures, include Death among their many fears. I...
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Pride’s Children: Great Website and Blog Redesign Project
If you are a new visitor, an occasional visitor, or one of my wonderful regulars, I crave your indulgence. Why is my indulgence being craved? (craven?) now? I’m getting very close to the end of my real...
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Writing, death, intellectual property, and me
WHY THE FOCUS ON DEATH AND WRITING? We are losing our older artists. Which means none of us is immune to Death. Fancy that. Not that long ago, we lost both Elmore Leonard and Leonard Nimoy. Sir Terry...
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Boosting the signal: SSA, lawyers, disabled constituents
GOOD READING FOR THE FOURTH OF JULY WEEKEND And, IF that IS what has happened, ripping off disabled clients (allegedly – must maintain proper form here) is the lowest of the low. The case of the SSA,...
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Resuming writing after hiatus depends on preparation
WRITING IS FORWARD MOTION Due to physical circumstances you do NOT want to hear about (I’m better now, thanks), I haven’t written a blog post since January 24th. This is a long time for me. I usually...
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A day of protest for the #MILLIONSMISSING from ME/CFS: May 25th, 2016
(not my shoes*) (these are from Wikipedia) I AM ONE OF THE #MILLIONSMISSING I am being represented in Washington by a pair of my shoes. Black high heels I used to wear to work, and when giving physics...
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Everyone needs a functioning RESET process
The RESET process is key to psychological stability The concept is incredibly simple: when everything goes to hell, you have to get back to some basics that you can trust, so you can get back to the...
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Using your writer RESET button asap
STEP ONE – CREATE RESET BUTTON; STEP TWO – USE IT RESET just hit. Again. It’s been crazy – the day before yesterday I had to be coherent for over an hour in a meeting with the H/AC people – a sudden...
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Is it a mistake to gut your readers emotionally?
OR IS IT YOUR JOB AS A WRITER? To give them the biggest emotional journey you can, the most stress and pain they can take vicariously? At least, it is your job to consider their feelings – and how...
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I am always the wrong survey demographic
MOVE ALONG; NOT THE DEMOGRAPHIC YOU’RE LOOKING FOR I can’t fill out your online survey, and it is because you don’t want me in your group of survey respondents. I’ll ruin your results. Really. In every...
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The writer’s greatest trap: friendly fire
IS A CLOSE FRIEND WHO WRITES – AND WOULD DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY IN YOUR BOOK. Friends who are writers are a unique resource Writers want the approbation of readers, critics, family – but especially they...
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The curious incident of the train in the nighttime
WARNING: DETAILED ANALYSIS OF A FAILURE. MAY BE BORING. It is my nature to analyze ‘what happened,’ especially with the physical and mental details of what it is to live – and try to write – with...
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Censorship, prudence, peace-making, black-listing
IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO BE VALUE-FREE WHEN WRITING I’m having a very hard time blogging, commenting, and being a responsible citizen on Facebook right now. Responsible, because I want to stand by my words...
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Every writer’s nightmare: corrupted Look Inside
GOTCHA! MURPHY’S LAW STRIKES I deliberately picked clashy colors for the image, where I normally at least try to make something catchy and attractive, because I messed up (yes, I bear full...
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Sometimes there’s a reason you can’t write
COUNTING ON YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM? Just because you’re sick doesn’t mean you can’t get sicker It has been an extraordinary two-month+ period, and I’m only now realizing that it was kind of not my fault....
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