Driving along the UnEmployed highway
The UnEmployed highway is just like any other major roadway in this country. It is useful to get you from point A to point B, but it can be tedious,… Read more »
Tag: life
A sunny day in Seattle
The sun has been sadly lacking in Seattle this summer. As a matter of fact, it feels like summer has just begun, even though it is already late August. But… Read more »
Who would have thought it?
Last weekend we went to my mother-in-law’s house to spend the night. It was a pleasant time, spent chatting, laughing, and eating. Then, in the morning, we took a drive… Read more »
Crazy?
When I write, I have this strange procedure I have to follow. I wake up as early as I can, make a cup of coffee, and then go to my office… Read more »
What a mistake!
Wow, what a mistake that last post was, the one about exposing email scammers. The Internet is so wonderful, so powerful, and so creepy! I just got an email from… Read more »
Exposing email scammers
I guess it is time to come clean. I have a hobby. It’s not your typical hobby, like stamp collecting or flying remote control planes. My hobby is exposing email… Read more »
Epiphany
As I wrote this morning I had a breakthrough. An epiphany. A shooting star of an idea. There had been a problem with my plot. I had not been able to figure… Read more »
Patience and thick skin needed
And so it begins again. That painful, tedious, humiliating process of trying to find an agent. With my first books I skipped this step, and went straight to the publishers. Since… Read more »
Mistaken a-dewity
I’m reading this great book about Information Architecture right now. Not exactly light reading, but informative. It’s a well written book, with just enough humor to keep it from becoming… Read more »
Part of the process
I woke up this morning (at 6:30 on a Sunday morning) with the realization that my last post, the first draft of the first scene, had been a little unfair. I… Read more »