I’m an old retired fart, and I’ve found that the more I learn, the less I know. I like writing about my expanding ignorance, and can’t help wondering if it’s just me or something taking over the entire universe. I live off the beaten track in an agricultural halfway-between-too-big­-and-too-small town where most of the locals … Continue reading WRITE WHAT YOU KNOW?

In keeping with the maritime metaphor (at least for a sentence or two), getting serious about my writing has also involved a lot of mental, emotional and organizational clearing of the decks. I knew when I retired two years ago that I would have to transition to writing gradually. Mostly because the profession I retired … Continue reading CLEARING THE DECKS

In the parting minutes of the last writing workshop I attended (not counting the evening long wrap-up and fairwell party!​), Dean Wesley Smith cautioned his gathered disciples that, while everything that he and Kristine Kathryn Rusch had pounded into us about commitment and motivation and productivity and pace was all true, there is another truth. … Continue reading TURNING THE SHIP

Hello, All, Just getting the widgets and wonks in place today. I'll be back. Cheers,Bob