Random Musings

Category: writing

  • Whoa, Nelly

    Whoa, Nelly

    Who were you a year ago? Five years ago? Fifteen? Change is inevitable…

  • Coated Memories

    Whenever I teach a writing course, there’s always a session on the senses. The ‘sensual envelope’ used in writing can evoke strong emotions. Certain smells can remind you of specific moments, some colors can remind you of special events. The smell of bacon reminds me of Sundays with my grandmother,…

  • Confessional.

    Friend, forgive me. For I have (probably) sinned against you, repeatedly. I’m sorry. I really am. It’s not that I don’t care. I do. I wonder how you are. I hope you’re okay. I smile when I think of our times together. I’m just really, incredibly, surprisingly awesome at being…

  • 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…