Self awareness is a bitch…. I just discovered something about myself as I was giving my beta editor fits. I color outside the lines-especially when I write in first person. So here’s the deal…I never took a writing course, never went to the GCLS writing academy, didn’t major in English, but that didn’t stop me… Read More Coloring Outside the Lines
I find it fascinating how a writer can describe a character who has childlike qualities with positive connotations such as having childlike wonder, innocence, openness to the world, creativity, curiosity, etc. You all get the idea. Yet that same character might also be described as childish, immature, or infantile – all very unflattering attributes. This got… Read More Childlike or Childish
Currently I sit on a health insurance trust board and we meet three to four times a year. Prior to every meeting, our group gets together to enjoy fine wine (lots and lots of fine wine), good conversation and great food. This past weekend my wife and I hosted the traditional drink and be merry… Read More I Just Make That Sh@% Up
I just read RG Emanuelle’s blog and it rang so true. Finding things to blog about is hard sometimes. I chose the title Everyday Occurrences because that’s what I usually blog about those everyday funny bone moments when I say something silly (it’s usually me) and my wife starts laughing out loud. Here’s what happened a few… Read More Where Did I Put The Soap?
Normally birthdays are just another day. In my family, we didn’t focus on birthdays too much. Sure they were celebrated, but not with the same kind of fanfare that I saw sometimes in other families. Even the big ones like 16, 21, 25, 30, 40, and gasp 50, seemed to come and go with relatively… Read More Best Advancing of Another Year Ever
So Take A Look At Me Now….
I’m both nervous and excited right now because my second book just came out, called Asset Management. Whenever I’m nervous, songs run through my head. So the song that is currently running through my head is from the movie, Against All Odds. Anyone remember that movie? At one point someone said to me that… Read More So Take A Look At Me Now…
I had the honor and privilege to attend the 2015 GCLS conference. Although I was not yet brave enough to sit on a panel or do a reading at my very first conference, I was able to meet many fine authors and enjoy the camaraderie of the conference. I was in awe of those who… Read More GCLS Conference Highlights
In three short days I will attend my very first Gold Crown Literary Society Conference and that makes me a GLCS Con Virgin. It’s been a very long time since I could legitimately refer to myself as a virgin. I am fifty five years old so that other ship sailed quite a long time ago. Don’t I… Read More Not a Virgin Anymore
My wife and I live apart during the week because she travels one way into Seattle and I work a completely opposite direction in Moses Lake. We ended up buying a condo in Moses Lake which is a small town in Eastern Washington. Apparently the lake is a big tourist draw. For the first… Read More Etiquette for Bumper Floaties
Annette Mori 