Saturday, August 17, 2024 If only houses could clean themselves… On Wednesday, I started doing a few history-related posts, in support of my next non-fiction volume in my Author Tool Chest collection, “Real Steampunkery Tech: True Contraptions of the Steam and Diesel Eras.” An inventor I stumbled upon while researching that book would have readily answered … More If houses could clean themselves
Wednesday, August 14, 2024 How do you feel about a few non-fiction, history-related posts? It’s not quite my usual brand of whimsy, but I promise they’ll be at least unexpected or unusual in some way. I’ve been working hard to finish up “Real Steampunkery Tech: True Contraptions of the Steam and Diesel Eras,” so my … More When Computers Were Women
Saturday, August 10, 2024 The late 14th century wasn’t exactly an era that was big on invention. It’s been called the dog days of the Renaissance. It was however, filled with wonderful art and poetry. Although let’s not forget the religious strife, or the veritable tide of warring kingdoms. It was also a time into … More Who was My Alchemist?
Wednesday, August 8, 2024 Hello, all. Before anyone starts to think that I’m prolific or anything (although I surely wish I were), this year I’ve redoubled my efforts to publish things that have been waiting in various stages of completion. Otherwise, they might all topple over onto my head. The next novel has been finished … More #Steampunk Double #CoverReveal
Saturday, July 27, 2024 Welcome, all. Today I’m sharing a hilarious misadventure with computer generated images, but I’ll save that for the end. First some blog business. I hope you enjoyed my Christmas in July blog hop/challenge. My last post for the event was on Thursday. However, I’ve left it open to bloggers who want … More Vintage Vignettes: Sprites
Thursday, July 25, 2024 Hello, everyone. I had been feeling as dark and hopeless as the bleak insides of an old coal mine. Certain that I wasn’t the only one who felt that way, I endeavored to add some fun and whimsy to life for as many people as I could — by hosting a … More #ThursdayDoors & Closing Christmas in July
Saturday, July 20, 2024 Welcome back to Christmas in July! I hope everyone has been having a wonderful week. If it wasn’t all sweetness, then this is the place to have some fun. I haven’t been able to squeeze up any energy today. I don’t have any zest. So, my Christmas in July offering this … More Lemony Christmas in July: Short Story
Wednesday, December 3, 2022 Welcome, everyone. Recently, when Dan Antion told me the title of the book he was writing, I was intrigued. “A Bridge to Nowhere” — who wouldn’t be? Since I’m just not wired right, I had a tsunami of competing thoughts immediately. Riding in on some of those waves were my favorite … More Announcement: Bridge to Nowhere
Saturday, July 13, 2024 Welcome back to Christmas in July! While not exactly sad, many “winter holiday” songs are serious. My question to you is this: “What’s your favorite fun or humorous Santa song?“ One of mine is “Santa Baby” as performed by Eartha Kitt. She was also my favorite Catwoman on the original Batman TV … More Christmas in July: Fun Songs
Wednesday, July 10, 2024 Welcome, everyone. It’s been a while since I did a writing process post, so let’s get cooking! (I couldn’t resist the pun.) Adding food to the story can help to bring a story to life in many ways. If a character has a favorite food, they’re more relatable. For instance, my … More Wednesday Writing: Food in Stories
Saturday, July 6, 2024 Welcome to Christmas in July! The challenge is already off to a splendid start. A special shout-out to Marian Allen for diving right in with a post-a-day! She got things going with a decoration and a recipe! Follow those links to her delightful blog. Roberta Cheadle told me yesterday that she … More Christmas in July Kickoff: Hullaba Christmas!
Saturday, June 29, 2024 I rarely mention my birthday, even to the closest friends. Mine is not today, but it does fall between now and when I would normally publish another blog post. It’s also a milestone birthday. Lord of the Rings fans will know that it’s a Hobbit birthday tradition to give gifts to … More A Birthday Thankyou — from Me
Sunday, June 23, 2024 All aboard! After one month, the “launch period” for my duology is over. It was one month ago when the book versions of The Delta Pearl finally got back on the river. However, the story is older than that. For one year in 2016 I wrote the original story. Then it … More Thank you, Dan — from the Delta Pearl
Saturday, June 22, 2024 Recently I mentioned hosting a Christmas in July blog hop in celebration of my friends in the Southern Hemisphere. What got me interested in a celebration that might seem obscure to most of you? Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries. Before I saw the “Murder Under the Mistletoe” episode, where Phryne and company … More Happy Summer & More on Christmas in July
Wednesday, June 19, 2024 All aboard! In honor of The Delta Pearl duology, this time we have airships. The title of book-2 is The Geostrophic Pearl. It will be hard to avoid giving spoilers to book-1 if I go into detail, but a steampunk airship comes into the story. Once again, this post does double … More Wednesday Writing & #ThursdayDoors: Airships
Sunday, June 16, 2024 Check-in Because of some comments I’ve made to a few people over the past week or two, that I had an extremely difficult task coming up (which was on Friday) I’ve made this unplanned post. I’m just checking in, on the outside chance that anyone was concerned. All’s well. More on … More Check-in and the Good the Bad & the Ugly
Thursday, June 13, 2024 Hello, everyone. Originally, I was going to name this post, If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. The trouble is, that it’s even hotter outside. As if I would cook anything when it’s 104°F… If you know me, then you also know that I wouldn’t be cooking … More #ThursdayDoors — Guess the Kitchen
Saturday, June 8, 2024 I realize that this won’t interest everyone here, but sometimes it’s necessary to post such things. All of a sudden, I decided to host a Christmas in July blog hop in celebration of my friends at the other end of the planet… and folks near and far who like Christmastime maybe just … More Summer Planning
Thursday, June 6, 2024 Welcome, all. It’s no big surprise that summertime temperatures in the high desert southwest are once again “higher than normal.” The lack of rain made me think of the quirky-looking water tower in my town. Then I had the idea, “What about a Thursday Doors post with water tower doors?” But … More #ThursdayDoors — Water Towers
Saturday, June 1, 2024 Welcome, all. There’s a lot colliding inside my head with this post, so please bear with me. However, all of it has to do with my Vintage Vignette for today, even though it might seem like I’m jumping around. Let’s begin with the beautiful door photo above. You see, this is … More Vintage Vignettes, #TDWC, & a Hullaba #BookReview
Wednesday, May 29, 2024 Hello, everyone. I’ve noticed that lighthouses don’t tend to evoke neutral thoughts in people. It seems we either think of hope or terrible despair. So, I decided to include both emotions in my story. The “inspiration door” for my TDWC story this week is by fellow author, Noelle Granger. This vignette … More Whatnot Wednesday & #ThursdayDoors TDWC: I Awoke
Saturday, May 25, 2024 All aboard! My steampunk duology, “The Delta Pearl,” is now at the dock. Mystery and adventure await you. ♣ ♣ ♣ This post is more than an announcement for my steampunk duology. It’s also my weekend Vintage Vignette. Steampunk as a book genre has settings, ascetics, and a level of technology that is … More Announcing The Delta Pearl duology
Post updated to include series note at the end. Thursday, May 23, 2024 All aboard! Open the door to a voyage into opulence, adventure, and whimsy. My steampunk duology, The Delta Pearl, is now at the dock. Mystery and adventure await you. Also the books are at the minimum introductory price through this holiday weekend … More All Aboard! The Delta Pearl is here! #ThursdayDoors
Saturday, May 18, 2024 Welcome, all. My Vintage Vignette today includes a photo by Brenda Cox as the launching pad for my thought process. I was intrigued by the door’s pharmacy symbol. A few storylines went through my head. However, none of them were happy, and they were probably controversial too. Since I don’t blog … More Vintage Vignettes & #TDWC — Dolls
Wednesday, May 15, 2024 Hello, all. Today I have a triple-duty post. This is about the Thursday Doors Writing Challenge (TDWC), drawing, a short story, and whatnot! The door images that were provided for the TDWC truly are inspiration for all sorts of creativity. Resa McConaghy‘s fabulous door above sent my imagination down a whimsical … More Whatnot Wednesday & #ThursdayDoors, #TDWC: The Rabbit Hole
Saturday, May 11, 2024 Hello, everyone. Considering my initial intention for this story was a single-post short story, I’ll say we’ve finally reached the concluding installment. All of the plot elements that are rounded up here have already been mentioned during the first two episodes. In part 3, I introduced the Hota character. The part … More Path of Lilies Conclusion
Thursday, May 9, 2024 Welcome all, for another Who’s at the Door post. My guest today is from beautiful Vancouver, BC. She has hosted me at her various blogs several times. I’m honored to have been a guest and/or featured at her various blogs more than once. That includes Tea Toast and Trivia, where Rebecca … More Who’s at the #ThursdayDoors? (6): Podcasting
Wednesday, May 8, 2024 Welcome, everyone. I prefer to post only twice a week, but I make an exception for Dan Antion‘s 4th Annual Thursday Doors Writing Challenge (TDWC). (Click the blue link for more information about the challenge and how to showcase your stories.) You see, I’ve had a “Who’s at the Door?” post waiting … More Wednesday Writing & #TDWC — I’ll Paint It Black
Saturday, May 4, 2024 Hello! I’m back from the horror universe of T-Mobile Internet equipment failure. I won’t torture you with the sordid details. The timing of this post and vignette was pure serendipity. I only just now connected the date with the subject of the video. So let’s get one thing out of the … More Vintage Vignettes: Path of Lilies part-3
Wednesday, May 1, 2024 Welcome, all. I confess that the seed of a story began to germinate the moment I saw this photo by Brian at Bushboy’s World when Dan Antion posted the rules for the 4th Annual Thursday Doors Writing Challenge (TDWC) — before the writing part of the event began. (Click the blue … More Wednesday Writing & #ThursdayDoors Challenge — The Yellow Door
April 25, 2024 My Internet equipment stopped working. I can’t blog from my phone. I will be offline until the new “box” arrives sometime next week. Hugs, Teagan
Wednesday, April 24, 2024 Welcome, everyone, for topics of writing, creativity, and processes, and… whatnot. Creatives draw inspiration from all sorts of things. Sometimes we actively try to summon up that stimulation. Other times it just blasts into the mind. Today I’m elaborating on my process for creating image collages. In a couple of weeks, Dan … More Whatnot Wednesday #ThursdayDoors — Images, Inspiration, Process
Saturday, April 20, 2024 Welcome, everyone. I’m not complaining — just explaining. Because I haven’t finished The Path of Lilies, I must give you an explanation. The combination of back pain, allergies, and lack of sleep had me far enough under the weather on Friday that I wasn’t able to write a post for this … More Weekend Reads: April
Wednesday, April 17, 2024 Welcome to another double-duty post. This is about lawn work, classic rock and roll, and of course, whatnot! Let’s be honest. My yard, front or back, looks awful. Today I thought maybe I could just imagine seeing something fun out there. So let’s set the tone with some music from Credence … More Whatnot Wednesday & #ThursdayDoors — Looking Out My Back Door
Saturday, April 13, 2024 Welcome, everyone. We’re still on “The Path of Lilies.” I hoped to finish this story in two installments. However, since I don’t want to make the episodes long, it’s going to take three. Thanks to Chris Graham for the stunning image of Compass looking out the window of the puddle-jumper craft. … More Vintage Vignettes: Path of Lilies part-2
Thursday, April 11, 2024 Welcome, everyone. Some of you will recognize the person above. She is beloved by many small children. Others will know the lady who is right behind her, who is loved by countless readers in the blog-verse. ♣ ♣ ♣ Who’s at the door? Please welcome, mind-cultivator, teacher, and inspiration, Jennie Fitzkee. Jennie comes … More Who’s at the Door? (5) #ThursdayDoors
Saturday, April 6, 2024 Welcome, everyone. Finally, I have a new story to share. It’s science fiction. The video above added my vintage element. Now, you might ask what could the film Lilies of the Field have to do with a science fiction story? Read on — I tied it together. The nuns inspired an … More Vintage Vignettes: Path of Lilies part-1
Wednesday, April 3, 2024 Welcome, everyone. To write these Whatnot Wednesday posts, I let my mind meander down a path of diverse but related subjects. The Scoobies are indoor cats, so I decided to give them a plant. That’s when they took over this post. Velma didn’t give a mouse’s butt, but Daphne went cray-cray … More Whatnot Wednesday: Cat Seeds
Saturday, March 30, 2024 Above, two chuckaboos? Or perhaps something more? Welcome, my chuckaboos! The vintage of choice today is Victorian. Some of you will remember from my posts (years ago) that “chuckaboo” was slang in that era for a dear friend. Those with great recall will notice that I posted this two years ago. … More Vintage Vignettes — The Letter A. #VictorianSlang
Wednesday, March 27, 2024 Welcome, all. Vehicle doors are certainly “doors.” My guest today chose Land Rover doors. When my angel-bots from Hullaba Lulu heard, they insisted on coming along for the ride. ♣ ♣ ♣ Who’s at the door? Some of my readers are familiar with my guest through his mom, with whom he has collaborated … More Wednesday Writing & Who’s at the #ThursdayDoor? (4) A Doors Safari
Saturday, March 23, 2024 Welcome, back to my “Vintage Vignettes.” How is this new season starting out for you? I want mine to be a commitment to putting full focus on one of my unfinished writing projects. There are far too many from which I could choose… I never intended these posts to be about … More Vintage Vignettes: Meet Harley
Wednesday, March 20, 2024 Hello, everyone. Happy spring. To celebrate the new season, I have a handful of “whatnots.” They range from sublime to silly. We all need a big dose of happy. Have fun. Music This swaying, sultry, sublime song of spring in the video below is Ella Fitzgerald and Some Other Spring. I … More Whatnot Wednesday: Spring
Saturday, March 16, 2024 Happy Saint Patrick’s Day Hi, everyone. Yes, I’m a day early, so I’ll say happy St. Patrick’s Weekend. I’m back with Vintage Vignettes. This one really is a vignette, as opposed to a short story. Last summer I was preparing to write a novella for Halloween. I wanted it to be … More Vintage Vignettes: Lost Treasure
Thursday, March 14, 2024 Welcome, everyone. Who’s at the Door today? Throughout my blogging career, I’ve been lucky to know people who are generous, talented, and generally wonderful. Several of my blog friendships go all the way back to the first novel I published, Atonement, Tennessee. One of those people is at the door now. ♣ ♣ ♣ … More Who’s at the #ThursdayDoor? (3)
Saturday, March 9, 2024 WKRP’s Doctor Johnny Fever and the Red Wigglers commercial Welcome, everyone. I’ve been pondering what to do for my weekend posts, and nothing seemed right. Suddenly an idea popped into my mind for “Vintage Vignettes.” That gives me a broad range of topics. It might be a fictional vignette, a memory, … More Vintage Vignettes: the Red Wriggler
Tuesday, March 5, 2024 Today I’m visiting Off Center and Not Even with photographer and musician Timothy Price. He wrote what he called a “nonsense song” about a time when he and his wife had nine cats. Click over to his blog and join the fun. Comments are closed here.
Thursday, February 29, 2024 Welcome, all. You might have noticed the image collage I made for my blog banner. That was awhile back. The thought came to me that the inside of my head was kind of like The Twilight Zone, and that image resulted. Just now, that inspiration carried over to a Thursday Doors … More #ThursdayDoors — Twilight Zone
Wednesday, February 14, 2024 Hello, all. Happy Valentine’s Day. I’m delighted with the responses to the writing exercise I shared last week. I asked everyone to look at a favorite photo, painting, mural, or other image. Drink in the feelings that it brings to mind. Then write something related to the image. Short or long, … More Wednesday Writing — Responses to Favorite Photo Exercise
Monday, February 12, 2024 Hello, everyone. First, something good. Today is the first anniversary of the day Velma and Daphne arrived. I wanted to use names of a fictional detective duo. During the night before they came, my mind had briefly flitted across the names on which I eventually settled. However, if Chris The Story Reading … More Things change — and usually not for the better. Announcement
Saturday, February 10, 2024 Welcome back to the strange town, Atonement, Tennessee. Today’s soundtrack is Strange Magic, by ELO. The song was suggested by Dan Antion, who also offered up one of his favorite photos. Midweek, Dan’s photo inspired me to do a post offering a writing exercise/challenge. You’re still welcome to come out and play … More Weekend Serial — Atonement: Bad Bishop, Episode- 7: Strange Magic
Wednesday, February 7, 2024 Welcome, all. This weekend, Dan Antion offered to let me use one of his favorite photos for my weekend serial, Atonement, Bad Bishop. “(It) is one of the best photos I’ve ever taken,” Dan said. His remark got me thinking… Pictures and other images are doors to memories and feelings. They’re also … More Wednesday Writing & #ThursdayDoors — Favorite Photo Exercise
Saturday, February 3, 2024 Welcome everyone. Today’s soundtrack tune was offered by Liz Gauffreau. It’s our second song by “Cream” — Strange Brew. Be sure to click over and check out Liz’s blog. Previously With the sun to one side, I shielded my eyes, squinting into the distance. As the black mist reached the ground … More Weekend Serial — Atonement Bad Bishop, Episode 6: Strange Brew, featuring Liz Gauffreau
Thursday, February 1, 2024 Welcome, everyone. This year, I had the idea to do an occasional blogger feature, called Who’s at the Door? Today we have the second installment. The kitty above is not one of my “Scoobies.” No, that’s Leo, who belongs to our featured blogger. Readers of my Atonement: Bad Bishop serial will … More Who’s at the Door? (2) #ThursdayDoors
Saturday, January 27, 2024 Welcome everyone. Horsefeathers! How can it be that January has gone by so fast? Yesterday (as I write this on Friday) I emailed several people for ideas for another soundtrack song. Thanks to everyone for the great song ideas. I’ll be choosing one of those for next weekend’s episode. However, right … More Weekend Serial — Atonement Bad Bishop, Episode 5: Riders on the Storm
Wednesday, January 24, 2024 Hello, everyone. People, friends, readers, often remark on my imagination. Some ask where all those whimsical, often outrageous stories and characters originate. I guess they come from the same place as the kind of things about which I never write. This post is a look into the other things that are … More Wednesday Writing — Welcome to My Nightmare
Wednesday, January 17, 2023 Welcome, everyone. I hope your week is going well. Maybe it’s just that it’s early in the year, but I was feeling a little reflective. If I had never written my first published novel, Atonement, Tennessee then I would have never started this blog. I wouldn’t have written any of the … More Wednesday Writing: A Snippet from the first appearance of the Atonement Pigs
Saturday, January 13, 2024 Welcome back to the strange town, Atonement, Tennessee. Today’s soundtrack is Tales of Brave Ulysses, by Cream. It made me think of Donny Metatron and his predicament with the sirens. However, the otherworldly pigs took over it — at least for this episode. The song was suggested by photographer and cat-dad (and … More Weekend Serial — Atonement: Bad Bishop, Episode-4, Tortured Ears, Featuring Tim Price
Wednesday, January 10, 2024 Welcome, everyone. As you probably know, I typically only do two posts per week. When it fits, I sometimes combine my Wednesday Writing topic with Thursday Doors. This year, I had the idea to do an occasional blogger feature, called Who’s at the Door? Moments later, a generous blogger had emailed … More Wednesday Writing & Who’s at the #ThursdayDoor? (1)
Saturday, January 6, 2024 First, a big thank you to Dan Antion for making a post of the writing exercise I did on Wednesday — and giving my books a double shout-out, with Speak Falpper and Hullabal Lulu, a Diesel-Punk Adventure. Don’t miss Dan’s post. Since Daphne was being such a character (if not a … More Weekend Serial, Characters
Wednesday, January 3, 2024 Welcome, 2024, and welcome to all of you. It’s a new year, but I’m trying hard to get back to my old posting schedule and consistently do two posts a week. Doing that was helping me. From very early in my blogging life, I’ve done writing-related posts. This is my first … More Wednesday Writing — Year 24 Exercise
Saturday, December 30, 2023 This is my last post of 2023. Before I do anything else, let me wish each of you a sparkling New Year. Honeybell, Moccus, and Deme are having a party to celebrate. Today’s soundtrack is White Rabbit by Grace Wing Slick and Jefferson Airplane. It fit Pepper Riley’s disoriented state, now … More Weekend Serial — Atonement: Bad Bishop, Episode-3, Logic and Proportion, Featuring Roberta Cheadle
Thursday, December 28, 2023 Welcome, everyone. If you need a break from the roundups, accomplishments, resolutions, and goals, then you’re in the right place. I don’t have any of those things, especially this year. (Besides, with my particular “stuff,” goals can be a very, very bad thing.) (Video below: “Rear View Mirror” song as performed … More #ThursdayDoors: 2023 in the Rearview Mirror
Monday, December 25, 2023 Merry Christmas and happy anything else you might celebrate. If you don’t celebrate anything at all, then we’ll simply celebrate the day. Frankly, I don’t really do much for holidays. At least, not nearly to the extent that most people do. That’s just the way my life is. However, this is … More Meowy Catmas & Happy Holidays
Saturday, December 23, 2023 It’s wonderful to see you in Atonement, TN and reading this serial. Whether you love the holidays and are happy that it’s only a couple of days before Christmas — or if you’re glad it’s finally almost over, I hope you’re having a wonderful holiday season, with joy to in your world. … More Weekend Serial — Atonement: Bad Bishop, Episode-2, Both Sides Now, Featuring Geoff Le Pard
Wednesday, December 20, 2023 Welcome, all and happy hump day. It’s been a while since I did a “writing” post. I hope you’re in the mood for a ramble. Did you ever have to find your way to a rural or remote place? I mean the kind of destination where you have about 30 turns … More Wednesday Writing — the Unlikely Path to a Character: Enoch Metatron
Saturday, December x, 2023 Welcome back to the Atonement, Bad Bishop serial. I’m glad you’re here. Like they say, great minds think alike. This time, the random reader things, which drive this episode were from the “soundtrack” offerings. Two of you suggested the same song — I’ve Seen All Good People, by the group Yes … More Weekend Serial — Atonement: Bad Bishop, Episode-1, All Good People, Featuring Dan Antion & Kerfe
Saturday, December 16, 2023 Thursday Doors Badge Contest Hello, everyone. This is not exactly an extra post from me today. You know that I participate in the Thursday Doors blog challenge — as often as possible anyhow. With the new year, comes a new badge/logo for it, and a chance to submit a design for … More #ThursdayDoors Badge Contest
Thursday, December 14, 2023 So… is that an extra doorknob on the lower panel of the green door? And look at that low placement of the doorknocker on the red one. Interesting. If you go to a restaurant in New Mexico, you’re likely to be asked this question, “Red or green?” The first time I … More #ThursdayDoors: Red or Green?
Saturday, December 9, 2023 Welcome back to Atonement, TN. It’s good to see you. This time, the random reader things, which drive this episode were from the “soundtrack” suggestions. Resa McConaghy suggested Hotel California. It seems like if a song fits my mood, the ability to write arrives soon after the tune gets embedded in … More Weekend Serial — Atonement: Bad Bishop, Prologue 2, Featuring Resa McConaghy
Thursday, December 7, 2023 Yes, there’s a door on the amphicar above, but the idea is so fun it’s hard to think about the door. Wouldn’t you just jump right into the seat, forgetting the door? Hop aboard and take a little tour of some boat houses with me. Take me back to my boat, … More #ThursdayDoors: Boathouses
Saturday, December 2, 2023 Book-2 Begins Now Welcome everyone, and welcome December. Wow…how did it get here so fast. Wasn’t it just March? Just an eye-blink ago wasn’t it September, when I finished Book-1 of the Atonement serial. Believe it or not, I’ve been thinking about the serial all this time. I keep changing my … More Atonement: Bad Bishop, Prologue-1 Adelle’s Diary
Friday, December 1, 2023 First let me apologize for a week’s worth of unanswered comments. Horsefeathers! Comments are the whole reason why I blog in the first place. The latest “improvements” to WordPress apparently prevent me being notified of your comments — so I didn’t think anybody was commenting. I was very discouraged… And then, … More #ThursdayDoors on a Friday: Windmills
Saturday, November 25, 2023 Update: I need to share two responses to my creativity challenge. Both fellow authors did journal entries for their characters. Robbie Cheadle used a character from a novel in progress. Dan Antion worked a bit about the journal of one of his bartender characters into his post today. Hello, everyone. I realize … More Daphne-cat’s Dance
Wednesday, November 22, 2023 Hello, everyone. Let me begin with gratitude to fellow authors John W. Howell (a diary entry from Lucifer!) and Geoff Le Pard (a journal worthy of P. G. Wodehouse) for their responses to my Creativity Challenge. Those of you in the USA are most likely getting ready for the Thanksgiving holiday. … More Happy Thanksgiving & #1920s Recipe
Saturday, November 18, 2023 Hello, everyone. Before I get to the point, we do have a response to the creativity challenge. It’s from fellow author Geoff Le Pard. Don’t miss his is hysterically Ruthless response. Be sure to check it out. Anyway, you aren’t mistaken — I was late publishing this post. I’ve been banging my head … More Atonement, TN Soundtrack
Update: Saturday, November 19th. I don’t have a post for today, but we do have a response to the creativity challenge. It’s from fellow author Geoff Le Pard. Don’t miss his is hysterically Ruthless response. Wednesday, November 15, 2023 Hello, everyone. Where I am, I didn’t see, hear, or smell anything that seemed remotely like … More UPDATED, Creativity #Challenge, & #1920s Recipe
I can’t express how happy I am to see this review from Olga Núñez Miret. The only thing that would make me happier is for you to click the link below to join us at Olga’s blog. Comments are closed here.
Saturday, November 11, 2023 Welcome to my sanctuary, everyone. In honor of Veterans Day in the USA, let me begin with a simple… Thank you for your service. I’ve barely made a start on Part-2 of Atonement in Zugzwang, but I am working on it. I admit that I have a terrible time keeping myself … More Atonement Serial, before part 2 begins
Wednesday, November 8, 2023 Welcome, all and happy hump day. As I persisted in futile attempts to get my head back into the universe of Atonement, TN, I decided to do another “Artifacts” post. Update: this actually did help. Last evening I sketched out the opening scenes for part-2 of the new serial. I hope to … More Wednesday Writing — Atonement TN: Artifact Notes, the Barber Pole
Saturday, November 4, 2023 Welcome, all you sheiks and Shebas. Through the magic of the blog-verse, I’m in two places at once this weekend. I’m here sharing a couple of Roaring Twenties recipes with you — and I’m at Dan Antion‘s virtual bar answering his questions about my new novella, A Peril in the Bayou. … More A Visit at Dan’s Virtual Bar — Join Us
Saturday, October 28, 2023 Welcome to my sanctuary, everyone. You’d think I would be refreshed after such a long blog break. Instead, I wrote a novella (A Peril in the Bayou). Writing a short novel during that long break was actually arduous, and it didn’t lead to a replenishment of energy. However, to keep the … More Atonement Serial Research
Wednesday, October 25, 2023 Welcome back, everyone. Unless I’m mistaken, this is the last recap of responses to my Halloween Creativity Challenge. His persistence paid off and G.P. Cox wrote a fun poem using the prompts for his first and last initials. I really got a kick out of it. Since he put it … More Halloween Creativity Challenge Responses: Dan Antion, GP Cox, and Teagan
Saturday, October 21, 2023 Imagine a room made of chocolate — that’s what my (bl0g) sanctuary is today. Don’t worry, imaginary chocolate has no calories. Plus, if you eat a wall from a chocolate house, the roof won’t cave in. If you eat a chocolate leg from a chaise lounge, you won’t land in the … More Sir Chocolate and the Chinese Candy Dragon: Robbie Cheadle
Thursday, October 19, 2023 Today I am at Teri Polen’s place, participating in her Bad Moon Rising festival of books and author interviews. This feature is an annual event bringing together authors for the entire month. Teri has a set of questions from which the authors can choose to answer. The results are fun and … More Reblog Teri Polen’s Bad Moon Rising: Come Join the Conversation
Wednesday, October 17, 2023 Happy hump day, everyone. I’m excited to say that there are more responses to my Halloween Creativity Challenge. Author and man with a wonderfully, hysterically unique sense of humor, Geoff Le Pard, of the TanGental blog, posted a fantastic short story called “The Hole in the Wall.” Don’t miss it … More Halloween Creativity Challenge Responses: Geoff Le Pard, Robbie Cheadle
Saturday, October 14, 2023 Welcome to my sanctuary, everyone. This is a safe place where you are safe from hobgoblins and any leftover curses from Friday the 13th. (Although, personally I chose to see 13 as a lucky number.) Today I have more responses to the Halloween creativity challenge I last weekend. The above … More Halloween Creativity Challenge Responses: John Howell, D.L. Finn, Chris Graham
Wednesday, October 11, 2023 Hello, everyone. Today I’m sharing some responses to the Halloween creativity challenge I posted this past weekend. The cobwebs in Kerfe’s photo remind me of a wizard’s cape, so her post sort of gave me a double response. Kerfe wrote a wonderful poem including three Halloween things for the letter K. … More Halloween Creativity Challenge Responses: Kerfe, Resa, and Teagan
Saturday, October 7, 2023 Hello, everyone. Could you come out to play? I didn’t intend to do a post today. Then I was suddenly inspired to make this game/challenge. As an October treat, I’m giving you a game – or creativity challenge. Often the hardest part of writing is the lack of boundaries. So, I’ve … More Halloween Game/Creativity Challenge
Thursday, October 5, 2023 Hi, everyone. As you know, I’ve been kinda-sorta taking a blog break. I wanted to finish at least a couple of writing and/or editing projects. Then, as usual… I got sidetracked by new inspiration, and suddenly wanted to write a story in time for Halloween. Then the story became a novella… … More Announcing, A Peril in the Bayou! #NewBook #1920s #LightHorror
Thursday, September 21, 2023 Welcome everyone. Today I’m lucky enough to combine two things that I enjoy — supporting indie authors, and the Thursday Doors Challenge. I’m happy to say the author in question today is Dan Antion, host of Thursday Doors. Do you like a realistically paced thriller? Do you identify with a plethora of … More #ThursdayDoors to Secrets Held Against Evil #NewBook @DAntion
Wednesday, September 13, 2023 Hello, everyone. I’m easing away from my so-called break, although I’m not fully back in the blog-verse yet. Anyhow I didn’t want you to go away, so I’m rerunning this short story from 2018. I’m also participating in Thursday Doors, hosted by Dan Antion. by showing you VW Beetle doors. When … More Wednesday Writing & #ThursdayDoors — Blossoms & Bears, a short story of Atonement, TN
Saturday, September 9, 2023 Welcome, everyone. I hope your September is going well. I’m still on a blog “break.” That word is kind of hard to say considering that I’ve been staying up past 1AM several nights, working on books and related tasks. However, to tide you over until I come back to do the … More Atonement in Zugzwang, Book 1 — Now available
Saturday, September 2, 2023 Hello, everyone. Thanks for visiting my sanctuary. My break from blogging isn’t precisely over yet. As Olga Núñez Miret once told me, sometimes doing something different is as good as a break. That’s what I’ve been doing. But first a boo-hiss to WordPress for continuing to crop large swaths off my … More Atonement in Zugzwang Part 2: Call for Things
Monday, August 21, 2023 Those of us who have been in the blog-verse for several years (or more) talk about the dreaded “summertime slump.” It happens every year. This year is no exception. I realize that summer is almost over… However, many of us experienced a big decrease in followers, views, and comments throughout the … More Before “part 2” of Atonement in Zugzwang, a break
Saturday, August 19, 2023 Welcome back to Atonement, TN. It’s good to see you. Today I’m welcoming fellow author/blogger Marian Allen back to the blog-verse. Marian hasn’t been able to post much this year because she fell and broke both wrists. Back in DC, I had a severe break to my right wrist (that of … More Weekend Serial — Atonement in Zugzwang: Episode 23, Featuring Marian Allen
Saturday, August 12, 2023 Welcome back, everyone. I’m happy that you’re following this urban fantasy serial. To drive this episode, I used John W. Howell‘s “finger point prompt.” Here’s how John uses this prompt, “The idea is to open a book randomly and, without looking, point to the page. The word or words closest to the … More Weekend Serial — Atonement in Zugzwang: Episode 22, Featuring Teri Polen
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