Weird Wednesday: The Very First One

19 511 I did alright this month. [pats self on back] NaNoWriMo is over (whew!). I wrote more than I did last year, and I use it as some extra motivation to be more diligent in my writing. What did I work on, you ask? Well, last year, I started a novel which wound upContinue reading “Weird Wednesday: The Very First One”

Thursday Thoughts: Attention Span

I recently came across a recent study that said most people lose interest when reading online articles after about twenty-five to thirty words. With the prevalence of many online platforms offering shorter -Leon NaNoWriMo Totals to Date: 15 845 words**, 24 cups of coffee, one cup of Earl Grey, one cup of tea (unknown), twoContinue reading “Thursday Thoughts: Attention Span”

Short Story Sunday: Well, short, short stories.

“Shouldn’t you be writing your novel?““My novella, you mean?”“Isn’t it National Novel Writing Month?”“Isn’t it about time you stopped badgering me?”“Isn’t that remark disparaging to badgers?”“Let me call one and ask.” “Well?”“I’m on hold. Want to hear a story?”“One of yours?”“Yes. One of mine.”[silence]“Sure. I got nothing better to do for the next 28.6 seconds.”Continue reading “Short Story Sunday: Well, short, short stories.”

Throwback Thursday: Paper or eBook?

NaNoWriMo Totals to Date: 12 536 words, 17 cups of coffee, one cup of Earl Grey, one cup of tea (unknown), two glasses of Rum &Coke, one glass of cabernet, and a half-pint of a Session IPA. Here’s another post from the annals of history: OK, it was only at the beginning of this year.Continue reading “Throwback Thursday: Paper or eBook?”

Weird Wednesday: NaNoWriMo/Cartoons

I woke up this morning and realized that I had not fully prepared my newsletter for today, or my post. Why am I telling you this? Probably because I am obsessed with word count (not really) during NaNoWriMo. I also realized that I missed posting my Miniscules cartoon to Instagram. Actually, I missed drawing itContinue reading “Weird Wednesday: NaNoWriMo/Cartoons”

Time Machine Tuesday: Reading and Watching

NNaNoWriMo Totals to Date: 11 400 words, 15 cups of coffee, one cup of Earl Grey, one cup of tea (unknown), two glasses of Rum &Coke, one glass of cabernet, and a half-pint of a Session IPA. Here are two reading related posts from early in my blogging … Journey? Foray? Venture? Career? —no, definitelyContinue reading “Time Machine Tuesday: Reading and Watching”