Tag: independent writing
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An Unexpected Turn
Honestly I’ve been struggling. It’s a part of being a panster (mostly) when it comes to my writing. In other words, I write by the seat of my pants, seldom taking the time to plan out my story. That’s not to say that I don’t know what the destination is, it is just saying that…
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To Do in 2018

I have one genuine resolution in 2018: get my writing career off the ground. As I’ve stated before, it’s the same every year. But let’s face it, it’s vague. And vague goals don’t get accomplished. After another frustrating day dealing with the seeds of greed, I decided that I need a better approach to making…
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Pondering in 2018

Happy New Year, all! I hope that everyone had a fun and happy holiday. Kicking off the 2018 I decided that I wanted to put out one of my posts where I ponder something through writing it out. Specifically I wanted to ponder the idea of books and traditional publishing and the seeming difficulty that…
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2017 Comes to an End

It is the last day in 2017 and the first day my family and I are back in Illinois. For Christmas we had traveled to see our families back in Philadelphia, where we are from. We drove, which after yesterday’s travels of snow through the mountains of Pennsylvania and then white-out conditions through Ohio, was…
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An Impromptu Vacation… from Writing
Until today I was off work leading into and through the weekend. It was a planned few days off where I was going to spend constructive and quality time with my wife. But then something else happened: I decided to ignore my side jobs, writing and blogging. Last Thursday I posted my weekly poem, but…