Some thoughts about beginnings in fiction
One thing that popped up on Bluesky today was a discussion of opening paragraph hooks and just how necessary they are.…
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An Introduction to The Netwalk Sequence
Welcome! This year I’m creating a set of posts/blogs/whatever you want to call them about the “story-behind-the story”…
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A quick horse update
Marker-boy is demonstrating how well he’s doing when it comes to being loosely tied to the pickup bed. Don’t worry, I…
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A rough outline for 2025
I’m taking a deep breath in 2025 and starting to do things with my writing work and planning that I probably should have…
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The 2024 year-end wrapup
I’m somewhat “meh” about 2024. I can’t say that there was a lot of amazing stuff that happened in my life this year.…
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Back to the bead board!
Well, I’m back after cataract surgery and some other stuff I was dealing with. I didn’t expect my first craft work after…
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A complicated time–catching up after being off for a while
The last month has been…complicated. Between getting the last of the firewood cut and a bunch of other stuff, I’ve…
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4H, County Fairs, and Becoming Solo
Becoming Solo is one of my favorite little works because it’s rooted so strongly in my past experiences. No, I wasn’t…
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