It’s the beginning of a new year, well, seventeen days into it, so I thought I’d share my goals for the year. It’s important to set goals, that’s how you can measure your progress. During the years I’ve taken up …
One Screenplay, One Novel, One Book and a Bunch of Comic Books Read more »
My wife, Kris, in building her website business http://www.civicsitedesign.com/ (she does my website and is my IT department) has collected many books on entrepreneurship and self-improvement. One of them is “Letting go of Your Bananas: How to Become More Successful …
Sometimes You have to let go – Even if They are Not Bananas. Read more »
This past week, I finally finished novelizing the first of my steampunk trilogy screenplays. It took about nine or ten months to do. I originally thought I would finish in November, but then my day job started kicking my posterior. …
Many of my favorite Christmas memories go back to my time in college and after college when I worked at Toyville, an independent toy store with locations in Huntington Park, CA, and Downey, CA. For a couple of Christmases, I …
Merry Christmas everyone! I’m having an AFOL Christmas. Hope you’re having the kind of Christmas you want. Dennis Amador Cherry 40th article completed. First Steampunk novel: 69,545 words.
Around this time of year, many people worry about gaining weight. They worry that the extra cookies and candy will increase their waist size. In order to avoid this, they curtail their enjoyment of holiday treats, thereby also curtailing their …
The Holiday Season, a Perfect Time to Lose Weight. Read more »
The thing about most AFOLs (Adult fans of Lego) is they are very brand specific. No Mega Blocks, no Tyco Blocks, no Lepin (in China). Some ALOFs will make exceptions. Those exceptions are for things Lego doesn’t make. For example, …
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 …
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 …
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 …