Hey, folks. Just a quick post to say that I’m finally back from our adventure at Hidden Valley Ranch near Pecos, New Mexico. It was a hoot and I loved every minute of it. (Well, except for that one minute when I nearly perished in an unsatisfying manner, […]
Another batch of excerpts from “Duck Sauce”, a novel I scribbled thirty years ago and recently rediscovered… The methodology: Search for signs of intelligent life in the yellowed pages and share them, unedited, as mini-mirrors of my writing at that time. (Trust, I’ve had to gnaw at my […]
Hey, Folks. Some of you who have listened to me babble for years now are aware that I lost most of my early writings through a series of incidents (some accidental, one, in particular, extremely vindictive). This loss haunts me from time to time, even though I realize […]
Note: Another snippet from my work-in-progress novel “Cruise Control”, wherein my partner, Terry, has been temporarily felled by gastro-intestinal malfeasance during said cruise. He has just requested that Tiffany and I retrieve his besmirched garments out of the cabin bathroom and run them through the wash. We do […]
Note: Another snippet from yet another of my “work-in-progress” novels, this one involving one of our heroines, Tiffany, a delusional starlet, sharing a lusty dream that may or may not have anything to do with the plot… “I had barely pulled the beauty mask over my eyes […]
For your perusal, on out-take from a book that I work on from time to time… “Oak Cliff Confidential” is essentially a sarcastic murder mystery set in an historic area of south Dallas. The plot is a bit complex, but all you should really need to know […]
Now that I have your attention, let’s talk about me. As some of you may recall, I mentioned last Fall that I was working on a short-story collection for publication. (Let’s be real, we’re talking about “self-publication”, that nasty phrase that instantly causes people you meet to change […]
Note: Continuing with our theme of “people who are underappreciated for their appreciation of the performing arts” that has somewhat permeated the last two posts, here’s an excerpt from one of my work-in-progress books, “Cruise Control”. Setting the scene: Detectives Collin Oskopy (beleaguered, overworked, possibly alcoholic) and Virginia […]
Perhaps I should clarify. Some of us go mad when it comes to a certain writing challenge that annually takes place during this month. (Not to slight other folks who go mad for other reasons which may or may not be any of our business, depending on the […]
Another snippet from my work-in-progress novel, “Cruise Control”. All you really need to know: It’s the butt crack of dawn, and a massive caravan of my family members is headed to Galveston to embark on a cruise. We stupidly decide to pull off the highway and get something […]
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