My Most Relaxed Summer Since the 80’s
I will say this for the Covid pandemic: It has caused me to relax in ways I never anticipated. Now that I’ve adjusted to the changes in my life and… Read more »
Category: Random Generalizations & Observations
Refuse to Be Stupid
It hasn’t escaped my notice that there seems to be a culture of anti-intellectualism brewing in the world. Certainly not everywhere, or in every person, but it’s becoming obvious that… Read more »
Try Not to Poison Your Brain. You’ll Need It Someday.
(Standard disclaimer: I’m not a doctor, so nothing here is genuine medical advice. See your doctor for that. I’m just a person with a brain who’s learned just how fragile… Read more »
Second Thoughts About Freebies
Maybe it’s all the quarantine donuts and Oreos I’ve ingested, or a reaction to the profoundly screwed up world we’re living in, but lately I’ve been giving a lot of… Read more »
Quarantine Got You Down? Allow Me to Teach You How to Be an Introvert.
With the coronavirus sweeping the world, a lot of people are finding themselves doing time in isolation and quarantine. For introverts like me, this is actually a good thing. We… Read more »
Disease Prevention: Some Thoughts
First off, standard disclaimer: I’m not a doctor or any sort of medical professional. The advice on disease prevention contained herein is accumulated from my personal experience. My experience might… Read more »
The Dumbing Down of Reading: Gone Too Far?
I’m certainly not an expert on teaching kids to read. I’m merely an avid reader myself, and an author. I was also once a kid who was raised free-range when… Read more »
Trolls: The Mystery of Wasted Lives
Here’s the thing about life: It’s fleeting. No matter how much you feel like the days are long, the years are short and the decades even shorter. The saying that… Read more »
Knowledge Takes Time (And Trial and Error)
A while back I wrote a post about how time is the most valuable component to success in publishing, yet it’s the thing no one gives you. It takes time… Read more »
Why Are Writers Never Happy?
Here’s a funny thing: Most writers I know (myself included) are never happy. Or maybe happy isn’t the right word. Satisfied is perhaps a better choice. Yet, since satisfaction often… Read more »