In two weeks, I have completed three short stories in a series, and all but completed a fourth. I breezed past a total of 20,000 words yesterday (I'm up to…
Last night, I spent an hour going over a half hour video of a walk-through of the Enercare Centre at the 2022 Canadian National Exhibition. You're welcome. I'm writing a…
When my father first started talking gibberish and peeing on the floor - part of the joy of being in the final stage of Alzheimer's Disease - I made a…
This post is part of a virtual book tour organized by Goddess Fish Promotions. Darren E. Watling will be awarding a $15 Amazon or B/N GC to a randomly drawn…
In my time, I have written a lot of reviews, mostly of books and films, but occasionally of works in other media. I found that they were really helpful in…
I received my first rejections of 2023 this week: from two contests sponsored by a literary magazine. This is not unexpected, as my writing tends to fall through the cracks:…
Yesterday, the pain I've been feeling in my mouth for the last few days was determined by my dental hygienist to be a hole; during my cleaning, a piece of…
Interview 1. What have you got against technology? In principle, nothing. But you have to wonder where it's taking us. Most of the old socialist philosophies saw technology as an…
The Dungeons & Dragons campaign is going well. This afternoon, I didn't die. We did have to kill the dragon that was sent to balance the karma for resurrecting me…
Interview 1. Plotter or pantser? I'm a pantser. When it comes to writing a book I usually come up with the opening incident and the basic premise, I use that…