End of Year Book Report (#8)

I barely read anything in July, August, and September this year. Sometimes, I just need a brain break. But I found my love of books again at some point midway through October and started reading a ton, starting with some light and fluffy books first and then getting back into my real love, literary fiction. … Continue reading End of Year Book Report (#8) →

The Hitchhiker

I have an odd relationship with this piece. Like most of my stories, I wrote this years ago, had it workshopped once, then let it sit. I tried revising it a year ago but didn't get really far. Then I signed up for a short story workshop and knew this was the piece to work … Continue reading The Hitchhiker →

Sticky Singles

This publication marks a major milestone in my creative writing - it's the first acceptance I'm being paid for! It's a token payment, and they pay via PayPal, so there's no check to frame and hang on my wall, but I'll still take it. Another first for this one is that it was professionally edited … Continue reading Sticky Singles →

The First of the Month

This is apparently the year of short shorts for my writing. They are easy and fun to write, and I'm getting all of them published, which is, of course, fantastic! I received some nice comments on this one already, and there's a chance that I will get paid for it. They select certain stories to … Continue reading The First of the Month →

Mid-Year Book Report (#8)

I began the year perusing the lovely used bookstores (UsedBooks Librería and Carolina Bookstore) and book exchanges in the cafés of Cuenca, Ecuador. Shortly thereafter, I moved to the bookstore capital of the world - Buenos Aires - where it's completely normally to sit and read in public. This city has around one bookstore for … Continue reading Mid-Year Book Report (#8) →

The Other Side

Yay, my third publishing credit of 2022! And this one is a bit longer - flash fiction, instead of micro fiction. If you've read my writing posts in the past, you know that most of what I write is inspired by events in my own life. This one is different in that (channeling my inner … Continue reading The Other Side →

Keeping This Brief

While a story of 100 words might seem easier to write than one of 1,000 words or 10,000 words, if you’ve ever tried, you’ll realize it’s not so. To communicate everything crucial about your character’s background, personality, current circumstances, and emotional state in so few words, and to add a compelling plot around it all … Continue reading Keeping This Brief →

Burnout and Bad Habits

I started off 2021 really well with respect to my creative writing goals. I took two short story workshops and a novel revision workshop, and I made a ton of progress for the first seven months. Especially when I was living in Northern California, there was something about the place I was staying in or … Continue reading Burnout and Bad Habits →

No, Seriously. ¿Cómo Se Dice…?

I knew Argentinian Spanish was going to be different and when my driver picked me up at the airport and one of the first things I heard him say was "ay-zhair" instead of "a-yer" for "yesterday", I knew it had begun. Since then, sometimes "a-yer" is ay-shair. The "Y" changes, the "LL" changes, and the … Continue reading No, Seriously. ¿Cómo Se Dice…? →

The End of Year Book Report (#7)

It's that time of year again to see what I've been reading. I had a long stretch toward the end of this six months when I didn't read much. Sometimes I'm just not feeling it, as odd as that might seem for someone who reads as much as I do. But there are still plenty … Continue reading The End of Year Book Report (#7) →