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Archives for Stray Thoughts

Musings, rants and the occasional pictures of our basset hounds. This is a space for all the things I want to write about, but have no place else to put them.

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Learning How To Write the Future

This is actually an updated of a post that I wrote in 2018. The interesting thing is that Time Enough ...
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Walking and Creativity – It’s What I Do

I've been thinking a lot about the connection between walking and creativity, especially since I've been doing a lot of ...
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I’m a Font Freak

I love fonts - what we used to call typefaces back in the day when people actually set type. I ...
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Mental Health and Creativity

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. I don’t know how mentally healthy I am. Even with the occasional bout of ...
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Reflecting on Finishing a project

I finished a novel last week. Well, the first draft of it. The funny thing is, I wasn't quite sure ...
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Valentine’s Day and Real Love

Valentine's Day is once again bearing down upon us. It may seem churlish to dump on a day dedicated to ...
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What I’m Thinking

Last week, as violence erupted across the country, bland, sorrowful press release after press release landed in my inbox. Almost ...
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Yes, We Can

Last December, right when I most needed my site to be up on the off chance someone would want to ...
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How to Write a Book Review

If you liked any of these, will you please write a review or two? This is a slightly updated re-post ...
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Death of the City Marshal is Coming Soon!

I am seriously excited to announce my May release, Death of the City Marshal. It's the second in the Old ...

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