Feb 23, 2011 | The Life Less Ordinary
Hello again Dear Readers, Thanks for bearing with me during my unintentional hiatus. Turns out that my home renovations took longer than expected–no real surprise there! It’s Wednesday, which means another installment of the Getting Out of the Big Black...
Feb 15, 2011 | The Writing Life
Good morning, dear readers. It’s common knowledge that blogs are supposed to provide useful, practical tips on how to do stuff. And if there’s any “stuff” I know how to do, it’s write novels. I recently finished my fifth full-length book,...
Feb 14, 2011 | The Life Less Ordinary
When I started learning muay thai, things were very different than they are today. My first dojo was located in the bowels of a condemned building, which shared an address with a dodgy pool hall that was probably a money-laundering front for some criminal activity....
Feb 10, 2011 | The Life Less Ordinary
Hello Dear Readers, Please bear with me. I had a cutesy, fun blog post all planned for today about delayed gratification. But I’m just not feeling it. (I’ll post it next week, I promise.) Today I’m wondering where my confidence went. I don’t...
Feb 9, 2011 | The Life Less Ordinary
Happy Hump Day, Dear Readers. Welcome to Part Two of my new Wednesday series: Climbing Out Of the Big, Black Hole. As much as I hate to admit it, my boss may have been right when he advised me not to buy a house. It seemed like a good idea at the time. My mortgage was...
Feb 8, 2011 | The Life Less Ordinary
Hello, Dear Readers. There must be something wrong with me, because I just officially signed up for the green prajioud test. My friend Wayne, who’s in fantastic shape and one of the strongest people I know, said this test was the toughest thing he’s ever...
Feb 7, 2011 | The Writing Life
Happy Monday, Dear Readers! I certainly hope this week is better than the last. As I begin another rewrite of Dragonfly Summer (hopefully today), it seems an appropriate time to enter a little writing contest. Fellow author Brenda Drake is hosting a Dark and Stormy...
Feb 4, 2011 | The Writing Life
Happy Friday, Dear Readers, It’s February, which means Valentine’s Day is soon to come and spring is hopefully in the air. How could there be a better time to write about love? You can write about love in any of its forms today–if you’ve tried...
Feb 3, 2011 | The Writing Life
Okay. I admit it. I’ve been slacking off. I don’t know what it is about January that makes me so darn tired, but with no tropical vacation on the horizon this year, I just want to crawl back in bed until winter’s over. Instead of working on a new...
Feb 2, 2011 | The Life Less Ordinary
Welcome to another hump day, Dear Readers. Since my last pseudo rant attracted its share of Internet trolls, I’m going to stay away from inflammatory subjects for a while. My heart (and stomach) just isn’t up for a series of endless, pointless debates...
