Sorry I have not kept up with the blog in the last week or so. I've been busy. Down, but not out. I'm making progress on the second edit for the novel and had my week filled up doing interviews. Now that's out of the way and I can return to focusing on the edit. …
My Story in The Best of Frontier Tales!
The Best of Frontier Tales, edited by Duke Pennell, has been out a while and I wanted to let you guys know about it. Every story was chosen by readers as the best of that month. I have a Haxan story in there, but I really wanted you to check out the rest of the …
Fado
For a long time I have been trying to think of the name of this music. Then, out of the blue, one of my writer friends J. Kathleen Cheney mentioned something about Fado. Kathleen has been working on stories set in Portugal, I believe, and has even go so far as to begin to learn …
My First Guitar Lesson!
My first classical guitar lesson went pretty well yesterday. We didn't do much. The instructor asked me some questions and we ran through some sight reading of music so he could see where I was. I played a little bit. He helped me see how my right hand was not parallel to the strings and …
Apsostate of the Plains
When I was working on the novel Quaternity I came across an old picture from the 19th century of a Texas Ranger. Despite what some people may think now, Rangers weren't held in great esteem back then. Many viewed them as rabble. I thought it was a good representation of Abram Botis, one of the characters …
Writers Come and Go, but the Story is Eternal
I've been practicing classical guitar lately. Mostly arpeggios and reading music in divisi. (See how handy I am with those terms, haha) I was lax while working on the novel, and I've been working on the novel a year and half. So my CG playing suffered. I kept up with the guitar during that year …
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I Don’t Do Resolutions, Except When I Do Resolutions
I don't do resolutions. I don't like limiting myself in that way. But there are things I want to concentrate on this year. I would be a fool not to view them and see how they might affect my life in the coming year. First, I will be taking classical guitar lessons starting next Monday. …
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