Literary Loitering
In a certain writing magazine a certain author was featured, and in that story, we are told The notebooks filled. But he reached a point where he had to stop. “I just begin, and then find I write myself into … Continue reading →
Category Archives: nonfiction
Nonfiction & Non-nonfiction
It bothers me when anything is referred to as a negative of something else, such as nonfiction is NOT fiction. Its only identity is about what it is NOT. Like Man and non-man. Like white and non-white. Like yellow and … Continue reading →
Going Mainstream
CAUTION: FRUSTRATED RANT HOVERING NEARBY. When you find yourself, as a writer, lamenting about why you’re even writing at all, and entertaining the idea of not writing any more, something has to change. I’m growing more and more frustrated with, … Continue reading →
Scott Crowder Interview of me on House of Fists (reblog)
reblog Kelli Jae Baeli  My favorite of her book covers. Grumpy Cat cracks me the hell up. Kelli Jae Baeli is different from most of the writers I interview here at The House of Fists in that it was … Continue reading →
Scribe’s Melancholia, Literary Mind-Expansion & 50 Shades of Grape
I’m in a bit of a funk, a tizzy, a doldrum (take your pick) about writing at the moment. Call it Scribe’s Melancholia. I’m having to seriously consider ignoring my book-marketing, because it’s so time-consuming and takes me away from … Continue reading →
Thoughts from a Literary Contrarian
Let’s face it: the fairy tale never happens like that in real life. So if it’s not naïveté, then it’s compliant escapism; and what a sad commentary on a life, that one would need such callow, fanciful stories to avoid … Continue reading →
Along Came a Spider
It’s not like I didn’t expect to hear from the usual suspects in regard to my 6-volume book, God on a Stick (An exhaustive investigation into Christianity and why I decided it made no damn sense)Â formerly titled, Supernatural Hypocrisy: The … Continue reading →
Condemned to Repeat it?
Today, I woke, sat down to my first cup of coffee and found a headline that gave me the sensation of a lead weight in my stomach. North Carolina May Declare Official State Religion Under New Bill Republican North Carolina … Continue reading →
Irony-Fest on Giving it Away
Welcome to the Irony-Fest, please sign in and wear your name tags. This topic has become a comedy of ironies. Herein lies the oft-repeated back-handed compliments and erroneous and mixed opinions we authors often deal with, in relation to our … Continue reading →
Giving it Away:1st review
So, got the first review on the eArticle I published today on Smashwords. The article is Giving it Away : Spoilers as Both Noun & Accusation (Why Book Reviews Matter & How to Write a Proper One) Review by: … Continue reading →
Giving it Away Giveaway
In response to the unusual interest paid to one of my recent blogs, Giving it Away: Spoilers as Both Noun & Accusation, I decided IÂ would publish that entry in digital form, so I could spread the word. I will … Continue reading →
Reading, Muses, Curses & the Pick-A-Project-Polka.
Since completing the third and fourth books (simultaneously) of the AKA Investigations series, I am doing that Pick-A-Project-Polka; a dance we writers do when we’re trying to decide what we feel like working on next; we listen to our … Continue reading →
No More Hall-Decking for You Guys
“Twelve Jews were brutally murdered, huge numbers maimed, and many Jewish women were raped. Two million rubles worth  of property was destroyed.†~ Lawrence Kelleman I sn’t Christmas a wonderful time of year? Consider this:     Thus says the LORD, Do not learn the way … Continue reading →
Hanging the Moon and Lesbian Monikers
I placed another personal ad on Craigslist. Hopefully this won’t turn into a freak-fest like it did last time. And if it does, well, more material for my writing. LOL. The Ad I used before was way more humorous, but … Continue reading →
New Review of ISO
 Another review on my book “ISO (In Search Of): Dating, Relationships & Sex for the Discerning Lesbian”… “Whether you are a ‘baby dyke’, a newly out older woman or someone who has just been away from the ‘dating scene’ … Continue reading →