A 30 Day Blog Challenge
I challenge you to write 30 blog posts in the next 30 days. I am taking that challenge myself, for a lot of reasons. The last time I did it (MANY years ago), I massively increased the readership of my...
View ArticleTelling the Truth
I once had a friend whose brother was an old-school salesman. He always said, “when someone asks how it’s going, no matter how it’s going, always say, ‘Great!'” It made perfect sense. I’d known...
View ArticlePost #3
The third post in my 30 day challenge is a humor piece, so I posted it on my personal blog, That Would Be Me (dot net). It’s called “I remember Cheese”. Go have a read HERE. #3 The post Post #3...
View ArticleCreation Myth
Every society has some sort of creation myth, some story that explains how they got there and why they are the way they are. We all know some of them. Many have simply become stories we tell each...
View ArticleWriting About Writing
As a writer, I do a lot of writing about the process of writing. I have kind of an odd relationship to that. It’s sort of like a movie maker who makes movies about movie makers making movies. There’s...
View ArticleIn the Grand Scheme of Things
There is a line in the play Dylan, about the Welsh poet, playwright and professional bad boy, Dylan Thomas. The line comes at the end. His wife is standing over his coffin and shouts, “You’ll come off...
View ArticleThe Naked Truth
Today’s post is a bit of a philosophical mind game. It is about how the absolute truth if often not quite as absolute as we imagine. I didn’t come up with the analogy, and I’m not sure who did, so I...
View ArticleLike a Star
I live in Los Angeles, so I know a lot of actors, who know a lot of casting directors who know even more actors. I’ve been in shows and workshops with some famous and semi-famous people and am only...
View ArticleWhy You Don’t Write
Writers find any excuse not to write. It seems to be bred into us. We feel the dark romance of the tortured soul, which includes, “I just can’t write!” Here is a (completely random and incomplete) list...
View ArticleGo Take a Nap
When I was quite young, I lived with my grandparents at their inn in rural northern New Jersey. Grandpa was the personality behind the establishment, but Grandma was definitely the brains and often the...
View ArticleCleaning the Cat Box
I have heard people say things like, “if it’s not fun, I don’t do it”. It sounds like a great philosophy, but I’m not sure how practical it is. As much as you like doing what you do, there is always...
View ArticleWhat Do You Know?
As a writer, people have often come up to me to tell me, “I have a great idea for a book. You should write it!” My response is always the same: “No. You should.” We all have a story in us. We all have...
View ArticleOn the Road
There is an off ramp on the highway, about two thirds of the way from Los Angeles to Las Vegas, called Zzyxx Road. When I first started traveling that stretch of highway, it was just a dirt road that...
View ArticlePractically Perfect Prime Rib
When I was in college, I worked at the cafeteria. It was a large room with huge windows. On one side, the windows looked into a pine forrest. On the other, they looked out over a beautiful ravine, the...
View ArticleWhen Many Subjects Are One
As I go through this 30 blog challenge, I’ve been asked about the various subjects I’ve chosen to write about. I’ve only written a few about writing and none at all about online tech, my two main...
View ArticlePutting My Sandals Back On
I’ve worn shoes every day for the last five days. Now, for most, this would not be an odd thing, but, since I work at home, I’m usually shod in sandals and only put shoes on when I venture out. But...
View ArticleHostGator Does it Again
Today’s post is about the hosting company, HostGator. I used to love them and recommended them to my clients without any reservations. However, earlier this year, they were purchased by a different...
View ArticleSometimes, the Orange is Mealy
I love oranges. Lately, I’ve been getting navel oranges at my local supermarket and they’ve been consistently juicy and tangy-sweet, with a great flavor. Until today. When I peeled the orange, it was...
View ArticleBeing Silly Again
I love silly humor. I love a lot of different kind of humor, but silly has a large place in my heart. If the silliness has an element of intelligence, I’m even happier. I’ve always been a fan of Monty...
View ArticleResistance is Futile
I have been putting together a book for some time. Actually, most (if not all) of the information and most (if not all) of the actual writing is done. It has been done for some time. The only things...
View ArticleOMG, We’re All Gonna Die!
First of all, a quick report on yesterday’s post. I spent the day yesterday working on the book, so I am actually on track! Now for today’s news: I am on Facebook, so I read alarming posts almost daily...
View Article“This is Geoff”
When I was a kid, probably around 8 or so, the phone rang at my Grandma and Grandpa’s place and I picked it up and said, “Hello.” The woman on the other end berated me for what felt like an hour (but...
View ArticleGet It Written
You are a writer. You sit down at your computer and stare at the blinking curser. You type a word or two, maybe even a sentence or two, then, after an hour or so, simply give up and go water the...
View ArticleSeven With One Blow
When I was younger (in my twenties younger, not in my youth), I used to love reading fairy tales and folk tales. One that stuck in my mind was a tidbit called “Seven with One Blow”. It was about a...
View ArticleSleep Deprived
When you come out of a health issue, often times your body spends a long time adjusting to the new circumstances, which can interrupt your sleeping patterns. After several days of this (or several...
View ArticleThis is the Fourth Post
I have been getting a bit behind in my 30 day challenge, so this evening, I decided to catch up a bit. This is the fourth post I’ve written in the last hour. I’ve been posting them as “scheduled” so...
View ArticleIt’s Not What I Do, It’s Who I Am
When people ask us writers what we do, the response is usually, “I’m a writer.” We never say, “I write.” The distinction is important. The simple definition of a writer is, “one who writes”, so if you...
View ArticleEating Broccoli
I’m taking a medication that forces me to monitor my eating and drinking habits fairly stringently. One of the things I must watch is how much vitamin K I consume. Vitamin K is found in most green,...
View ArticleWhen Darkness Falls
I’m a fairly upbeat person, I tend to approach life from a very light viewpoint. So it is sometimes a shock when I write a short story and discover it is very dark. I used to think something was very...
View ArticlePost Number 30
Thirty days ago, I challenged myself to write thirty blog posts in thirty days. This is the thirtieth post. Am I proud of myself? Yes, actually. But I also learned a lot with this challenge. Sometimes,...
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