Random Musings

Category: writing

  • Quite.

    I’ve been in this country for quite a while now. I’m used to the language discrepancies, to roundabouts every three feet, and to the Brit’s eternal optimism that the weather will, by ‘summer’, get better. (It never does.) But there’s one area that appears to be decidedly different, and it…

  • Never Underestimate a List

    An old friend of mine used to say that when coherent words escape you, start a list. So I’m starting a list. Christmas and New Year were absolutely perfect in every way. Food, movies, snuggles. Exactly the right amount of each. My wife literally gave me the moon. (a 3D…

  • Thanks for being around

    And so the year comes to an end. I’ve been pondering and puzzling about what to say in my final blog of 2017. Something witty or wise, playful or poignant. I can’t think of a dammed thing. Part of that is because I’ve become rather private about my thoughts and…

  • An alley in the snow

    Sometimes the unexpected can really make you stop and pay attention. It’s cold in England right now. As in, it’s been snowing and below freezing. Right this moment it’s snowing and the temperature reads as -3C. We’ve been wrapping up, layering, hiding from the cold. One night last week we…

  • Call for Submissions: Escape to Pleasure

    CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: ESCAPE TO PLEASURE: LESBIAN EROTIC TRAVELS Editor: Sandy Lowe and Victoria Villasenor Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Publication Date: Winter 2018 Theme: Short story lesbian travel erotica. When life becomes mundane, the best way to shake things up is by getting away from it all. On vacation, anything…

  • Bouncy Castle Avalanches

    I’m not a planner. Not in the large scale sense, anyway. I have a concept, a few people, and I know where it will end. Then I run with it and see what happens. This, my friends, is a bouncy castle crap storm way to write. Fun until you know…

  • And…breathe. 

    33 hours of travel with 6 hours of sleep; we drove with the window down and the music turned up to stay awake on the final leg home. Once home we gladly crashed into our wonderful cloud bed and left the world for a few hours. It’s been a whirlwind…

  • Grateful 

    I’m sitting outside.  It’s October. I’m in a tank top and shorts.  I love Spain. I always say I miss the sun, but I forget what that really means until I’m surrounded by it again. The warmth seeps into my bones, the views lift my spirits, and my fibro pain…

  • Movement and Mechanics

    Tomorrow is the annual Writing Retreat in Spain. It’s a little bittersweet, as it will likely be the last one. At least for a few years.  It’s making me think about writing, and the teaching of writing. An author I work with asked some good questions about the next stage…

  • Britches

    In your twenties, you know everything. And if you don’t, you figure it’s not worth knowing.  Hopefully you outgrow that attitude, eventually. You realise that opinions around you may vary. You realise that listening and puzzling and then making a decision is a good idea. You also realise there are…