Archived Posts from: August, 2006

Opus 100

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This will be my 100th blog entry.
Not that anyone but me is counting. ha!
Ever since I clutched on to Isaac Asimov’s book of the same title as this entry, I’ve aspired to the same goal….having 100 [somethings] in print. Didn’t expect it to be a blog, but, then again, blogs didn’t exist when I first [...]

Free Your Shoulders

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Heroes will continue – I like talking about men too much. But for now, just a comment. The migraine was mostly gone yesterday, but not entirely, and it tried to return today. Combined with a return of a threat of darkness — in that I couldn’t seem to control my determination to stay [...]

A Short Pause in the Journey

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More heroes stuff to come. I’m on a roll.
Which, unfortunately, is what my head and tummy are doing today. Migraine. This one so bad it hurts to touch my hair. I’m good for about 15 minutes in the middle of my painkiller’s half-life, which is when I’m taking care of Rach.
Good news is . . [...]

The Nature of (Created) Heroes (Part 2)

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I tweaked the title a bit, since I

The Nature of Heroes (Part 1)

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I spooked my editor yesterday. We’d been batting emails back and forth about the book-in-production (A MURDER AMONG FRIENDS) as well as the book-in-process (CLUES IN THE CLAY). I told her CLUES had stalled a bit because I hadn’t totally fallen in love with my hero yet.
That, for me, is a necessity to finish a [...]

Climbing the Higher Hill

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As I mentioned earlier, I went hiking this past weekend, in an attempt to clear my head and reconnect with a few trees and rocks. Since I was a kid, I’ve had a short quotation from Mr. Shakespeare hanging somewhere around my home: “A touch of nature makes the whole world kin.” I love being [...]

Music and Meditations

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I have a soundtrack going in my headphones right now, which is helping me calm down, re-focus. A gentle reminder of the necessity of music in my life.
Since I was a kid, I’ve worked better with music on. When I’m required to work without it, the job just doesn’t go as well. I’m easily distracted [...]

In the Cave with the God Questions

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Haven’t been around because I’m caving. Not sure why. Although maybe I do, a little.
For those who haven’t heard it described with that term, “caving” means withdrawing into your mental/emotional “cave,” a time of hibernating from what’s going on around you. It can be a physical action, like staying home and not going out, or [...]

Apologies…and a question

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Over the past three days, I’ve had 227 spam comments left on the blog. This takes a bit to clear out, and my apologies to anyone who read an entry and had to see an unfortunately unsavory comment as a result.
Most of these, however, appear on entries that are anywhere from a few weeks to [...]

Little Joys, Big Distractions, Major Inspirations

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“Don’t go there. Just don’t. I know how you are.”
These were the parting words that my daughter’s nurse left me with a couple of nights ago. Only she wasn’t using them in the current connation of not discussing a topic. She literally meant, “Don’t visit.”
In this case, a website.
“I’m trying not to,” I said, watching [...]