23 Wednesday May 2018
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Today’s Poem.
Snapshot
I take the photo.
Click.
Whir
Buzz.
Out slides the instant film.
A curiosity, attention grabbing, new-fangled thing
“Take my picture!”
Contrasting reds and blues, hues of green
Deep looks into eyes
that you never
quite
unsee.
What do these snapshots reveal?
What do these brief windows show?
Childhood ebbing
Drawing close to the end
but holding on perhaps
for one more summer day.
21 Wednesday Mar 2018
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Salve! Happy snow day to all of you on the American Eastern Seaboard discovering that spring does not yet equal warm weather, as Mother Nature decides “I haven’t really thrown a good snowball this season.”
Regardless, I found some time to do a ton of spring cleaning (Oh hi, dining room table, haven’t seen you in ages!), and this poem struck me mid clean. Another one to add to Project 27, so hope you enjoy.
25 Friday Aug 2017
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Salve! Greetings from these, the bittersweet dog-days of summer, the last gasp of freedom before school, the final combustion of happiness and carefree family time, the… you get the point.
24 Monday Jul 2017
Salve! Our gallant heroes (or antiheroes, depending on your preference) are laying plans and enacting schemes, but this time around, they’re chasing their dreams.
Dreams of a unified Rome once again. (46k and counting!)
13 Thursday Jul 2017
Posted in Laurel Emperor, NaNoWriMo2017, Self-Publishing
It’s going! Slow but steady – We’re making progress and nearly halfway there!
Enjoy the snippet after the break!
07 Friday Jul 2017
Posted in Designing a Story, How to, Laurel Emperor, NaNoWriMo2017, Self-Publishing
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Hi everyone!
I briefly wanted to tell you about how I’ve been planning my last two novels. Ever since I started writing, I’ve been planning my novels out. Given the fact that I have to juggle story lines that evolve over several books, plus characters and technologies that don’t exist, one would except the need to have an outline or story map.
04 Tuesday Jul 2017
Posted in Laurel Emperor, NaNoWriMo2017
Thirty Nine Thousand Words and Counting! It’s a Fourth of July Miracle (Here in the United States of America). As a reminder ALL Steam Empire Chronicle novels are 25% off this July at Smashwords, and Roma Aeronautica is free! Tell your friends! Tell your family!
Here’s today’s snippet after the break.
04 Tuesday Jul 2017
Posted in NaNoWriMo2017
Not much to report today, other than the fact that editing has so far netted me about 250 more words – one of the challenges with picking up a novel after leaving it for so long has been to actually remember where I was when I typed the first part! No worries, it will get there!
01 Saturday Jul 2017
Posted in Laurel Emperor, NaNoWriMo2017, Self-Publishing
Hi everyone!
To be more accountable, I’ve rejoined Camp NaNoWriMo 2017 for their summer writing project. Here’s the page count where you can check in with me. I’ll update this blog daily (A tough goal!) with how I’m doing, leaving you some tasty tidbits of my writing! End of Laurel Emperor, here I come!
Want to know more? Leave me a comment/question below!
http://campnanowrimo.org/campers/blockade23/projects/laurel-emperor/stats
Let’s aim to get this again this year!
08 Thursday Dec 2016
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Salve Writers! Today I want to talk about how I keep my Writing Mojo (or whatever else you want to call it!). Hopefully my fellow writers (and readers) will find this interesting!
