So, last nights post, a response to the violence in Baltimore, inspired a chapter for the current book which I am calling the days of anger and fear. I am using the concepts of what is occurring in the nation as a backdrop for the dystopian world which the characters live. I create the dystopia as a necessary product of a future change which changes the way society interacts. The fear has been a p...

Land of the free? Home of the brave?Once again the eyes of the nation and world alike focus on a city and its residents response to tragedy. Once again everyone is getting it wrong by continuing to focus on what the media sells them as the focal point.Conservatives will use the violence in Baltimore to scare you; to make you feel as if every person of color who feels disenfranchised is going to co

It is a rather funny thing to watch this blog as far as page views being so few, but especially true on Saturday and Sunday when I take a break from the not-so-cumbersome task of updating the status.I put so much time in to so many projects during the week, that I tend to let loose of one or two as the weekend approaches. First and foremost this weekend, with the tragedy in Nepal, I have been touc

So it strikes me as curious just how many people out there enjoy the more abstract nature of certain forms of art. With paintings, either you enjoy the art for or you do not, but true art aficionados can at least appreciate the merit of all forms of art that are well done whether it be impressionist, portraiture, or abstract (among the many forms of painting) which makes me wonder about readers. H...

Today, I continue work, now getting deeper into ancillary characters who play a big part in multiple different versions of the love story between the two primary protagonists. This story takes place in multiple realities, or, as it were 'many words' and two characters, Nate and Jamie, play a central role in the life of the female protagonist known as Livvy.I have decided to make Nate a track star

To tell the truth about my writing, it is a bit schizophrenic. Scattered? Uneven? Something along those lines but this is not the typical 'self-loathing' writer comments where I question and insult the words I have put down to e-paper via my computer. Rather this is my confession that I sometimes prefer to write an entire chapter in one sitting and sometimes prefer to skip between chapters and som...

Not really. today was one of the best Mondays I have had in a while. I got my article written and uploaded before 7:00 leaving me plenty of time to write on my personal work.Tonight I have about a thousand words written so far and it is interesting because I am doing so many different things, but i am working on the chapter 'The Days of Doldrums" and I am trying to craft a portion of the story tha

The following is a little something I came up with tonight. the first line is where my hook came: 'A long time ago in a land not so far away, I thought I fell in love.' The key to that sentence is, of course, the term "thought" which is exactly what I intended. The chapter is titled: The days of doldrums and is depicting a relationship the main protagonist has been involved in without getting in ...

Long title huh? thought I would change it up a bit as there is something in particular that seems to bother me recently and that something surrounds the manner in which writers groups are being used.Now, disclaimer here, people can join a group and when approved interact with that group however they deem fit based on group guidelines, and with that little factoid out of the way, I can also critici

I took today off from my 'normal' job, as if there is such a thing as normalcy amid the concept of work, to take care of some errands and there was not much to inspire words about a world that is a bit dystopian in some places and a bit post-apocalyptic in others on a day that was the epitome of a perfect day in Portland, Oregon. It was seventy-five degrees as I sat and enjoyed the day from the va...