by admin | Nov 14, 2013 | Writing
Guys, I’m nothing if not consistent. This is what, week two of NaNo and I’m sitting around, doing just about everything except actually working on Random Contemporary/aka With Me Now. Here’s a sampling of things I did instead: Clipped my toenails...
by admin | Nov 10, 2013 | history
Mine was one who came home. Veteran’s Day is upon us again and, the more I think about it, the more I think it’s one of our more bittersweet holidays. We honor those who came home. We serve them free lunch at restaurants, we offer them discounts at chain...
by admin | Nov 6, 2013 | Writing
And that’s just about all! For those keeping score, I’ve written close to 3,000 words this week. Well…3,000 actually is a generous rounding up of what I actually wrote. I just did out the math and I’ve written 2,303 words. Poor start. ...
by admin | Nov 1, 2013 | Writing
I’m a Rebel. And a cheater. And I intend to win. So, it has come to my attention that it’s now November and, officially, the start of National Novel Writing Month. Also known as NaNoWriMo. Also known as the bane of my existence. I have no legitimate...
by admin | Oct 30, 2013 | Book Spotlight
So, Halloween is what, tomorrow at this point? The Rowdy Boys are anti-Halloween this year, so there’s not going to be any dressing up or Trick or Treating for us. Well, I’ll be dressing up. Because that’s how I roll. Anyway, as I continue to...
by admin | Oct 28, 2013 | history
Firmly on the other side of the government shut down (ahem, for now) and before the government sequester sets in (sorry Sesquicentennial 2014), this past weekend was our annual jaunt to Harpers Ferry, West Virginia for Artillery Weekend. Let me rephrase. Artillery...
by admin | Oct 20, 2013 | Writing
It was probably this time last year that I firmly declared that no, under no circumstance was I going to participate in National Novel Writing Month. “No time.” I reported. Last week I firmly declared that no, under no circumstance am I going to...
by admin | Oct 15, 2013 | Writing
For some reason, it seemed like a good idea to, you know, hold off blogging until I hit the big 100 page marker in Random Contemporary. I don’t know why. I started writing a dull post on NaNoWriMo, but literally bored myself to sleep. “Well, I’ll...
by admin | Oct 6, 2013 | history
I stood outside Fort Roberdeau, because I didn’t have enough money to get in. Soooo, this weekend The Hubs, The Rowdy Boys, and I journeyed to glamorous central Pennsylvania, home of Penn State University and a surprising amount of cows. This conversation...
by admin | Oct 1, 2013 | Randomness
And I’m back.I had some kind of plague last week. I don’t know what kind of nasty bug I was fighting off, but I was exhausted. And when I say exhausted, what I mean was I was working on Random Contemporary one second and fast asleep with my face pressed...
