Category Archives: Personal Success

For Me

Last night at rehearsal for Richard III, the director finished her agenda and opened up the evening to anyone who wanted to work on something specific. Not one to hold up proceedings, I made a tentative request to work on one of my scenes in the play. Not just any scene, but my longest, potentially …

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No Olympics for Writers

The Games of the 30th Olympiad in London, United Kingdom are underway. It has been a tradition in my family to watch the Games since before I was born. Despite NBC’s generally poor coverage, that tradition continues. (As I write this, I have a live broadcast of cross country equestrian on the TV next to me.) The …

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Half-Christmas

Today is June 25. “Half-Christmas” to some fun loving types, myself included. That is to say that today, Christmas Day was six months ago, as well as being six months from now. (Though with it being a Leap Year this year the concept is one day off, technically.) Starting tomorrow, this Christmas will be closer …

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Writing Update

Today I wanted to share with my readers a brief update on my writing projects and plans. I like to keep people in the loop about what I’m doing, just to show that I don’t just talk about writing, but actually do it. To begin with, the third draft of my light-fantasy novel Flowers for Dionysus …

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The Real Reason I Write.

I would provide the link if I could remember it, but I didn’t bookmark it at the time. However I can tell you it was an interview with a highly successful (financially) author of best selling novels. Suspense is their genre, I believe. And one quotation from this author had me a bit annoyed. Since …

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