As you may or may not know, I have decided to self-publish a book. Twenty years or so ago, I wrote a short story that I tried to get published in the New Yorker, but was summarily rejected. I mean…
She Needs to Create a Routine…and a Rich Paul
And she is me. It’s 10:18pm and here I find myself, once again, writing at the very last minute, trying to achieve my goal of posting every day for the month of October. This is unnecessary stress I’m putting myself…
I’m Cultivating Self-Discipline Because Nobody Likes a Tease…
And believe me I’m not trying to be, but here’s another day, another fired story delay. I don’t know what to say. It’s funny, because when I had that 9-5, I was very disciplined. I kept a really good schedule….
Maybe Tomorrow
My fired story won’t be here today. I have a serious case of writer’s block. Part of it’s due to the subject matter. But I’m starting to believe that a much bigger part of it is because I don’t write…
Fired Up, but not Ready to Go
So I know I said I would have my fired story posted today, but alas, I didn’t finish it. Honestly, it has been one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to write. There are so many emotions associated with…
I’m Posting Every day for the Month of October: Here’s What’s to Come…
It’s October, and I’m back at it! Perhaps you’ve wondered where I’ve been, well it’s all coming up this month so check back every day to get the deets. I must admit, it’s a bit scary writing about being fired….
Editing My Short Story: I’m Back at it Again
It’s Easter! Happy Resurrection Sunday! When I was a kid, they used to play this song on the radio called “The Second Time Around” by this group called Shalamar. I have no idea what that song is about, I just…
I’m a Writer, Not a Reader, But I’m Tryna Be Both
I want to read more. One of my goals this year is to read at least one book a month. That book for January was supposed to be Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison. But look at January, it just…
This Post is Late ‘Cause I Was Too Tired to Write: A Fitness Post
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, writing can be exhausting, and that is because thinking can be exhausting. People tend to think ( actually I don’t know what people tend to think, but this is what I…
Where I’m been & Finishing the Year Strong
So I’m back, and if you’re wondering where I’ve been – tired. That’s where I’ve been. I’ve been tired – just not in the mood to write. Just mentally and emotionally drained by shit that goes down in life. Stress…
The Director*
He hit me with a cheesy opening line that I regret I don’t remember. Followed by several self-deprecating ones that I’m sorry he felt necessary to tell. All before, unsolicited, he revealed that he was a director, and immediately I…
How I Write: A Review of Last Week’s Post
Don’t you hate it when you have to make a decision, and either way you choose you win, but either way you choose you also lose? But anyway, that’s not what I came to talk about, just something that was…