"I'm a real boy!" Okay, I'm not really a boy. And I'm not newly a 'real' writer. (In my opinion, a 'real writer' is any writer who is actively, well, writing.) I'm not even new to being a published writer, in the sense that my poems have appeared in a number of publications (that even … Continue reading Channeling Pinocchio
Tag: Books
On People-ing
A conundrum I have never understood: PEOPLE are simultaneously the most energizing and the most draining element of life. I love being behind the counter in the Park Office, welcoming and checking in the RVers, dispensing advice, making them laugh, solving their problems, hearing their stories. These interactions ("people-ing" as I jokingly call it) can … Continue reading On People-ing
Bilbo’s Birthday (or: the Baggins-ian Calendar Proposition)
Yesterday was Bilbo Baggins's birthday. It's the only fictional-character-birthday I know, and not because I'm a big Tolkien nerd (though I am), but because it's also my sister's birthday. Just before my own birthday earlier in the month (or as I like to think of it: the annual reminder from my mother about what LABOR … Continue reading Bilbo’s Birthday (or: the Baggins-ian Calendar Proposition)
Between the Covers
Hey, take your mind out of the gutter! BOOK covers. I'm between the BOOK-covers of one of the hilarious social commentaries novels penned by Charles Dickens---and this particular copy of this particular book has me thinking... I really do love the heft and the presence of a real paper book. BUT. Because I don't have … Continue reading Between the Covers
How to Read the New York Times (the A.D.D. Edition)
Do you ever try to retrace the rabbit-trail... ...that somehow connected the thing you WERE doing with the thing you find yourself doing NOW? If you're like me, that rabbit trail may take several days to loop around to its starting point (assuming it even does). But if you're one of those Focused People With … Continue reading How to Read the New York Times (the A.D.D. Edition)
Setting Sail: the Launch of a Serial Novel
I’ve been writing “creative nonfiction” for years–-my Master’s thesis in poetry, essays (for introspection), freelance articles (for pay), and this blog (for joy)… But I haven’t touched fiction-writing since I was a schoolkid. Until last summer, when I did. Not sure exactly why, but this person called Gayla wanted to go whaling, so I let her. … Continue reading Setting Sail: the Launch of a Serial Novel
Playing Sims (and Questions of Free Will)
It's a little like writing fiction, or at least that's what I tell myself is appealing about it. If you haven't played with Sims (I hadn't before this week), it's a simulation game where you get to create and dress up little people, build and furnish their houses, send them to jobs, prompt them to … Continue reading Playing Sims (and Questions of Free Will)
Kana's Chronicles 