All Aboard!
As I said last week, I took some time off from writing during Thanksgiving to build my Lego train from the ‘80s. The motor still runs, although it was a bit jittery at first. Here is the European transformer for …
Taking a Break
Recently I wrote about writer self-care and taking a break. This week, being Thanksgiving week, I’m giving myself a break. My oldest hobby is Lego. I’ve been collecting since I was four years old. I always use to ask my …
Another 15 Minutes of Fame, part two
The Digital Authors/BCX Writer Conference ended yesterday. It was eight days long, starting last Saturday and Sunday, during the weekdays in the evenings and most of yesterday. It can be exhausting, but it is well worth the education. I skipped …
Another 15 Minutes of Fame, part one
I’ve been spending the weekend at the Digital Authors/BCX writers conference. While I didn’t moderate a panel this time around, I was a panelist on THINGS I WISH A PRO HAD TOLD ME WHEN I FIRST STARTED WRITING. Along with …
Here We Go Again
The next Writers Conference is just around the corner. Digital Authors & indie Publishing starts this Friday, November 6th, 2020. As the last one, it will run throughout the weekend, in the evenings all week long and conclude the following …
Part of a Complete Breakfast
With the lockdown, especially here in California, church life has changed a lot. We can’t meet indoors with anything over a hundred people. But when you count in the pastor, the worship team and the tech crew, that leaves only …
Done and Doing Fine
Yesterday I made my 96th blood donation, completing twelve gallons. For all the time I’ve been married, Kris has gone with me to hold my hand. She’s there to distract me and keep me from getting faint. After all these …
I wish I had Time to Read a Book… Oh, Look…
Work is killing my writing at the moment. If you look at the bottom, I only wrote about two hundred words this week. So I even have less time to read. But sometimes you need a break, and fortunately for …
An AFOL Weekend
Just the other day I was complaining to my wife that I felt in a rut with work, write, sleep, work, write, sleep, work, write, sleep. And now that two people have left the office at my job and the …
Zucczilla!
My wife works in homecare. One day one of her clients gave her a zucchini. One zucchini. The one pictured above. We named it Zucczilla. So the question became what to do with it. I went to www.allrecipes.com for some …