On Bad Moods and Writing Goals

When it comes to some things, I’m predictable. I have found, over the years, that I tend to be a seasonal creature. Right after Thanksgiving (which was brilliant, by the way) I dropped into a terrifyingly bad mood that became the smoke-colored goggles for everything else I was doing. Me, being a rational and somewhat […]

Get Off My Lawn.gif. Oh, and Party!

New Twitter. New GMail. New Google+ and Analytics and… Holy he’ll. I mean, really. These are not new designs. These are old designs, very flat. Very retro. Very Internet 1.0. Wow. It’s so incredibly Have we really come to a point where design, like fashion, will repeat itself? I swear to you, if Comic Sans […]

Leafy Link Salad

I have a bunch of links for you today that came across my desk. First, you should notice that my website is a little different. I just launched a new design with a home page I’m happy with. I’m logging tweaks, so if you see anything I’d appreciate a comment so I can send it […]

Singing the Non-Fiction Outline Blues

Ba dum dee dum. I gots outlines on the brain. Dah dum dum dee dum. They makin’ me cray-zay! Ba dum dee dum. ‘Cause getting me or-ganized is the only waaaaaaaaaay I’ll move on this book. Whoa-oh. Whoa. Oh yeaaaahhhhhhhh. Anyhoo, it’s Wednesday and that means it’s time for me to wonder where the heck […]

The Long Haul

It is 7:41 a.m. on a cold, blistery morning. Instead of snow, it has managed to rain for several days and the sky resembles the appearance of dirty cotton. The cinnamon crops on my farm are slowly climbing up out of the ashes (my breeding of chickens is not going well), website tweaks for my […]