Monthly Archives: May 2014

Have you taken a look at “BookBub” lately? Almost every book promoted has the same, or a slight variation of the same, theme. There is a person (man or woman professional) who discovers someone dead and then it becomes their … Continue reading →

The other night I turned off my computer and got this message, “Do not turn off your computer. Installing 31 updates.” Thirty-one “updates.” Those are not really updates, folks, those are patches. That means that there were thirty-one “holes” in … Continue reading →

Another essay on writing? Yeah, I guess so. I was considering how some books, stories, plays, songs, seem timeless and, even if we know they are from another era, we still enjoy them. I think I know why, but I … Continue reading →

Years ago I rode in what are called “Poker Runs” with motorcycle clubs. It was fun and fairly complex. You had map with a route laid out on it, and designated stops along the way to pick up a playing … Continue reading →

I’ve been reading a book on screen script writing. And I have discovered two things. I will never be a screen writer because, like most authors, I think in a linear fashion. And screen writers seem to write by looking … Continue reading →

There are some things that just don’t make sense to me. For instance, has ANYONE ever heard of a winner of the Publisher’s Clearing House sweepstakes after they win? I mean, two million dollars, plus ten thousand bucks a month … Continue reading →

I am more than sad, I am heart-broken. What could be more shocking than to look at a web site and see the picture of a good friend, and read the news that he was dead at age 67. That’s … Continue reading →