I’m a True Crime Junkie

I’m hopelessly addicted and mostly loving it. When I should be cleaning, writing, talking with friends, paying bills, or going to sleep, I’m watching or listening. Sometimes I fall asleep; other times I freeze, eyes…

The Happiness Formula

  The Mexicans who are my friends, neighbors and employees are in general a happy lot—not because they have a lot, or even enough sometimes. Perhaps their happiness is a result of their attitude and…

Why I Hate the IRS

We are in mid-December 2021. Christmas is a few days away. We just finished NaNoWriMo a couple of weeks ago. What timely topic have I chosen for this month? The IRS. We’re just over a…

The Couple at the Gordito Stand

Shall we say they’re from Sweden? Denmark? Finland! I’m reading The Witch Hunter by Max Seeck (creeeeepy—police procedural, not horror—at least not the supernatural type), which takes place in Finland, so let’s say Finland. Both…

Editor’s Block? Is that a thing?

I have writer’s block, and I write anyway. However, I don’t demand a high word count or a certain number of hours. I’m convinced that if I reached for more ambitious goals, I’d do nothing….

Writing Humor

  I was listening to a Brandon Sanderson  video, and he talked for a few minutes about writing humor. (Free recordings of his lectures at BYU about writing scifi are worth the time, no matter…

The Cat versus The King

I recentlay read two books on writing, and they couldn’t be more different: Save the Cat! Writes a Novel by Jessica Brody and On Writing by Stephen King. King is a panster; Cat! gives the…