Another November, Another Novel

As I jot my musings down, I am 1317 words away from hitting National Novel Writing Month’s 50,000 word mark, and taking a little break to consider what those words will be. My characters have been surprising me, creating little corners for me to write myself out...

Patience

​So, the consequences of my own action – well, inaction, really – have come back to bite my posterior anatomy pretty hard: I failed to back up my work adequately, so when the hard drive died a malfunctioning death, I lost everything. I mean seriously,...

Media Rant

It’s funny the way I watch TV. If it’s a show, say a mystery, I never try to figure it out. I probably could, but I’d rather see it unfold before me, and amaze me. I want to be entertained, and thinking critically about it gets in the way. Of course,...