Phew, that was an intense month in an already fierce year. September in the education space is always challenging, but with the added complexity of COVID and trying to return to “normal,” this year was a real bear. It’s still not over, but at least I can see the light at the end of theContinue reading “Orange juice”
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Where did the Island of Stone come from?*
*This is a re-post from April 9, 2020. It was my seventh blog post ever. As I had virtually no audience then (like 3 people), I thought it would be interesting to re-post it now more than a year later. As I am completely overwhelmed with my day-job at the moment and want to devoteContinue reading “Where did the Island of Stone come from?*”
WIP and other updates
I love offering new content here, but this week has been crazy. As many of you know, I work in Higher Education, and technically, our semester started on Tuesday. We are also going full-back this semester after a year and a half remote. So, just a crazy time. MIT did over 12,000 COVID tests onContinue reading “WIP and other updates”
The love of a good challenge
My wife recently asked me what I think is the most challenging part of writing? That’s a tough one. Let me premise that I love the craft and interact with it every single day. There is nothing I’d rather do instead. I have many hobbies, but only in writing have I found such a passionateContinue reading “The love of a good challenge”
How to push forward?
I am currently writing at least 1,000 words a day, every day (which is about the length of this blog for reference). It is not a huge amount, but there are no days off. Holidays, weekends, hurricanes, miserable hot and humid weather, anniversaries, vacation, whatever it may be. Trust me- I don’t always have theContinue reading “How to push forward?”
The perfect cure
Do you have a hard time concentrating? Are you constantly struggling to find that word? Do you forget things? Do you always feel stressed? Does boredom plague you? Do you have trouble sleeping? Do you fear that you have low EQ? Well, I have the cure for you. No, you do not have a mentalContinue reading “The perfect cure”
Just be
As I float around the internet in my seemingly never-ending quest to gather listeners by my fire (tactless plug here: Dawn of the Lightbearer), I come across all sorts of statements that say relatively the same thing. They use words like aspiring, wannabe, fledgling, future, etc., followed by writer/ author. I, too, used these wordsContinue reading “Just be”
Are you the star of your show?
Is this your blockbuster or someone else’s? That tasty nugget of thought popped into my mind yesterday as I was sitting here looking out the window between Zoom meetings. I suppose it is part of an ongoing existential crisis I’ve been experiencing, grown from these strange times. I’ve found myself pondering whether my reason forContinue reading “Are you the star of your show?”
Of god or (hu)man?
I’ve heard that there are two types of writers in the world. Those that map everything out and those that let the story guide them. When I was younger and king of the world, my rule transferred to my writing. I saw myself as a great architect and schemer planning the beginning, middle, and endContinue reading “Of god or (hu)man?”
The adventure continues!
The Dawn of the Lightbearer is out there and doing its thing. As many of you know, writing the story and publishing it are the easy parts. Now, it is time for the promotion and getting it to readers—a far more difficult nut to crack. It will be slow going for a time as initialContinue reading “The adventure continues!”
