I'm trying something new. Which is really something old. It worked for a while. And then I got tired of it and quit. So here we are again, at the beginning, thinking of starting over. All of that is nonsense unless you're me (which you're not), so let me be more clear: I'm thinking of [...]
Category: Writing
Editor Me
When I review books on this site, I'm generally reviewing them for my own sake. I'm making myself write a book report, basically, in the hopes that doing so will force/allow me to dig deeper into a given work and therefore learn something that betters me as a reader/writer/person. I'm the only person who works on [...]
Who Am I?
I'm a big creative project starter. Songs, stories, blogs, and books (still working on the link for that last one) - at some time or another I've started writing all of them. My goal is to finish these projects. Well, at least some of them. Someday. Maybe tomorrow. No need to rush into anything. In the interim - [...]
I’ll Be Fine
A disclaimer: there is an old axiom about stones and glass houses that certainly applies here. I have achieved much less as a writer than, of all people, tennis legend Moncia Seles who - and pardon my surprise at this - has published two young adult romance novels. (I should specify that Seles co-wrote the books with James [...]
So Close
Over the past few weeks I've been going back through a lot of the story snippets that I generated during my 750 Words blitz, trying to see if there are any nuggets in there that are worth expanding and maybe even finishing up. The story that I've been focusing on most closely in last few [...]
Cryptomnesia
There is a line in the Artifex Pereo song 'No Stranger to Worry' that reads, "Infatuated with a dark, looming end," which is not particularly eventful by itself. It's essentially a typical prog-rock lyric on what I consider to be a particularly excellent prog-rock album. I bring this up, though, because the phrasing and melody [...]
Another Beginning
Whenever you're starting in on a new creative project, it's a good idea to have a plan going in. And it's a better idea to have a realistic plan. The better part of a year ago I was frustrated with my writing. I wasn't doing enough of it and what little I was doing wasn't [...]
First, A Little Background
I've been writing for more than a decade now. Not being one to rush into things, I've finally gotten comfortable with the idea of other people reading all these words that I keep scribbling into notebooks and word processors. With that in mind, I've decided to create a place where I can share my writings [...]
The Paradoxical Illusion of Artistic Control
It's strange. I wasn't sure that I believed it when I first truly contemplated it in an English class in college. But now I'm sure it's true. Try as they might, firm as their grasp may seem, no author, no creator, can completely control the content of their work. There was a time when I [...]
Prologue
GENEVA, Switzerland. An Argentinian man lies upon a bed, whispering fragments of Spanish and English that read like clairvoyant riddles. His breathing is shallow and his body frail - wracked by the cancer that has devoured his insides. With a final exhalation, the man - whose influence will be felt in his language and on [...]
Songs & Stories 