Tag: writer
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It Ain’t Easy
Writing is hard. Another morning is passing by as the only accomplishment that can be genuinely claimed is that the seat is warmed. The writer showed up to the job and then sat there… blank. Call it writer’s block or whatever, the fact is that one thing is true: writing is not easy. This isn’t…
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Quantity
Write more. That’s the goal. It’s always the goal. Even when it is crap, write even more. By doing so, the hope is that through all the detritus some precious ore will be discovered. Maybe.Every morning I get up, fart around for some time, then I finally get down to doing the dirty work: writing.…
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Getting Done
To be honest, I’ve been having a lot of trouble these last couple of years. Much of it is my own doing of course. Writing is challenging, and in so I certainly make many attempts to skirt away from the task, even as I am obsessed by it. Besides that it has led me to…
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Giving Up
I’ve been thinking about it for a long time. Day after day, week after week has passed by and besides a poem and an occasional short story, my blog has gone on empty. But yet, I am not sure that I am at all upset about this. It’s been slowly dying for a few months.…
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An Evening with Aaron Blabey
I had another post in mind, but I decided that it was better to talk about tonight. Tonight, my wife and I took our son to see his favorite writer, the man who’s name appears in the title: Aaron Blabey. Aaron writes the very popular middle-grade stories “The Bad Guys.” They are funny, outlandish stories…
Jeremy C Kester 