I could hear the teletype winding up before the phone even rang. Picking up the phone, the only thing running through my foggy mind is that this is the 4th call after midnight. Ugh. I slither into my sky blue jumpsuit and slip into my boots. I don’t even bother zipping the boots up. I [...]
I’m sorry to say that Alaska has the worst drivers in the world. Truly. I lived in SoCal for a number of years and I would take the LA drivers all day long over the Alaska ones. What’s the problem with Alaska drivers? They lack precision. How is this related to writing? Lack of precision [...]
The pile of books to be shelved was unbelievable. They had really done it this time, the early shift. Likely, it would be hours before the cart was clean. Hmmm, I guess I’ll start with the fictions since the pain in the ass factor is greatly decreased with those. Abbott, Brumstetter, Brown, Buffett… The first [...]
I picked up this great book today. I know I’m a little late to the party. The copyright date is 2003. Eats Shoots and Leaves is the name of this little gem. Have you heard of it? The subtitle is, The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation. I gotta tell ya, as I write this I’m [...]
Whenever I sit down to write something, I’m often uncertain where it is going to lead. This is certainly true with any fiction piece (including flash fiction) and more and more it seems to be true for any blog posts that I write. I’ve been blessed with a sharp titling sense (IMHO) so a lot [...]
