Just write. Don't read about writing. Don't blog about it. Don't talk about it. Just write.

Then again I am finally figuring out what they were singing about in songs I have been listening to for 35 years. lol, then can you tell me what that line from "You're So Vain" that goes, "I had some dreams, they were clouds in my coffee, clouds in my coffee" means? I have been ...

Yes. I am old now and I still am not ready for the Russians. I want to be. I try. It just does not work out well. Except for the Gulag and Red Wheel series. Some of the 1940's era Russian writers are a lot better -- yet still difficult. Then again I am finally figuring out what they were singing abo...

Hello Rancher, Getting an agent? Google Literary Agents and start looking for a fit. Some of them have blogs. My experience? I can not get one. Why? It depends on what you write. I write fiction. Fiction, for a first time author, is not a promising field. It is said there are more people writing fic...

Yes, it was. Not the massive bad vibe I expected. My wife and I were on our way to lunch and we passed the museum it is on exhibit in. We went in, took a look, and left. I believe some items remain imprinted with evil when used by, and for evil. Birchenau was the worst. I ended up with back spasms -...

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Having been the IT guy in 2 nonprofit service orgs and then for a gov one I say go fed gov if you can. Pay, benefits, and hours are much better.

Today I saw the VW Bundy drove when he was busy being a serial killer. It is untouched from when it was impounded. More than slightly creepy

bleachededen, I need someone like you. My last editor missed a few things.

I was an IT Major. Never finished.

Classes and I never worked out well. My attention span is far too limited.

Funny. No one ever asks me about where I went.

It works fine in Firefox

Cryptonomicon was good but I thought somewhat uneven of a read.

I used to read a lot of SciFi but not so much anymore. Especially books I need to learn a new vocabulary for