I’m building a computer! Computers have been a hobby of mine for as long as I can remember. Actually, I can remember. I was probably a year or two old, and I would sit on my dad’s lap and play “Their Finest Hour”, a World War II flight simulator. Dad would fly the plane, and … More The Slumbering Beast
I don’t listen to NPR much these days. Nothing against NPR, I don’t listen to anything much these days. If I’m writing, music is distracting. And if I’m driving, I listen to books on tape, which I also listen to while exercising. Don’t get me wrong, I love music. But there never seems to be … More Today on All Things Considered
Hey folks! Been a while. Heard that one before? Well let me catch you up to speed, then hopefully get the ball rolling for some more posts as I get back in the saddle. The biggest news since February, is that the book has been published. Finally! “The Sovereign” is now officially a thing you … More keeping up with my joneses
since I last posted, some incredible things have happened. The Amazon “Breakthrough Novel Award” officially began February 16th at midnight, and at 12:01 I had my manuscript submitted. It’s been polished and edited more times than I ever thought it would be, but I know each successive edit is only improving my work. After having … More the walking drum
154 days. That’s how long it’s been since I last posted. Disgraceful, really, but when I fill you in, perhaps you’ll forgive my tardiness. You see, last time I posted, I announced that I’d been hired at a television station! Exciting news, to be sure. But that Entailed a lot of extra work. Until that … More It’s About Damn Time
Well, it finally happened. Last week actually, but it’s taken some time to get used to the idea. I’m still getting used to it. After months of running about and applying for positions around town with my hat in my hand, I finally landed a job as a writer at a TV station. It’s not … More Measuring the Wind
I’ve been having trouble sleeping all week, waking up early for interviews and for work. “Early” is a relative term, I stay up until 2 or 3 most nights, so anything before 10 AM is pretty early for me. In any case, Saturday morning, no work, and of course I’m up at 8:30. Lying in … More Saturday Morning
I had a simple thought tonight, as I stepped out of the shower. I thought about where I wanted to be, with my job, with my career, with my book. And then I thought, “Well that’s all lovely, but what have you done today to get closer to that?” So I thought about everything I’d … More Steps
isn’t that the point? As writers, singers, actors, musicians—all we wanna do is share what we feel, what’s going on in our heads, what we feel that can’t be expressed in any other way. I was just watching Smash, and this girl got up and started singing in the middle of this crowded room at … More all we wanna do is share
So I went up to Newport Beach yesterday to help a buddy set up his store. He’s got a pretty cool shop that he’s preparing to become an exotic car dealership. I know he already has forty-something cars, Ferraris and Mercedes and probably some Lamborghinis or something, I don’t even know. In any case, I spent the … More Oddjob
