Away Goofing Off
I’ll be away from the blog for a week. Don’t wait up for me. Friday Snippets will post as planned, but other than that, I’m away goofing off. Check out some of the great folks in my sidebar while you’re waiting.
Continue reading →Friday Snippets: Early Threads & Ties
It looks like it’s time for a Threads & Ties snippet again. Today’s selection is from the second scene in the book. Next week will feature the third scene (I’ll be on vacation, but I’ll post it to come up, so you won’t miss anything.) NOTICE: This material is copyrighted, … Continue reading →
Spreadsheet Maneuvering
Today was a particularly long day. Yesterday’s work found me feeling as if my brain had been twisted into a pretzel shape. Today was much better, but I wound up doing several extra hours of data gathering. Fortunately, the data is now gathered, and I just have to figure out … Continue reading →
Enrichment Day
Montgomery has a lovely zoo with a remarkable collection. The zoo is a department of the city government, which, to some people makes it all the more remarkable that it’s such a nice zoo. It has good community involvement, and that helps. Today, the zoo had an enrichment day, which … Continue reading →
Friday Snippets: Twilight
In light of my week spent in anti-terrorism class, here’s a snippet from Twilight. Valenica, one of my antagonists, makes her first appearance here. Merlin, my primary antagonist has been introduced earlier, but that entry has an NC-17 rating (US system). Today’s entry has been slightly modified (mostly in language … Continue reading →
Plot Bunnies
Some things just breed story ideas. I’m spending this week in an anti-terrorism class, and discussing this subject just breeds ideas. I struggle with finding conflict for my stories. When you’re talking terrorism and why people do things, that amounts to built-in conflict. Twilight is my cyber-terror novel that needs … Continue reading →
Broken Skin
While waiting for stormy weather (which, thankfully, stood me up), I had time to finish reading Stuart MacBride‘s latest, Broken Skin. If you’ve followed MacBride’s work, you know he pulls no punches. The cover quote mentions “unflinching.” That’s attributed to the writing and the story you find inside. If you … Continue reading →
Traveling to the Promised Land
I’ve read two books recently, The Leader of the Future 2 and Who’s Afraid of a Large Black Man. As frequently happens, two different books have crossed ideas and provided insight. The Leader of the Future 2 is an anthology of leadership articles. One article, “Anchoring Leadership in Adaptive Progress,†… Continue reading →
Pleasant Surprise
I was working in my office yesterday when a former co-worker who’d just graduated in this year’s student class stepped into my doorway with a pleasant surprise. In his hands were two glasses, and four long-stemmed roses were in each glass. I was pleased to learn one glass was for … Continue reading →
Friday Snippet: Superheroes Aren’t Real
Threads & Ties is creeping along. Here’s the latest installment. NOTICE: This material is copyrighted, first draft, certainly contains errors, and possibly not even going to be in the final draft of anything. Do not quote or repost anywhere or in any format. Thanks. ————————————— Jeff watched Nikki drive away … Continue reading →