I’ve been brainwashed over the years by listening to a few distinguished published writers talk about how they don’t outline. They say they get a general idea for a story and they let it go where it will. I had an idea for a story. I eventually called it Dark Glass, and I have about [...]
We said our goodbyes to my wife’s friends and headed up to the D.C. area. We had to look all over the internet before we left to try to find decent hotel prices; Reston is a terribly expensive place to try to get a hotel room. Unless you book ahead, you’re looking at $150 a [...]
After leaving the coast behind (with not a small amount of regret), our next stop took us to Newport News, Virginia, where my wife has some good friends. One couple she knows let us stay on a hide-a-bed in their spare room while we were in town. The wife plays EverQuest (or used to; she [...]
Online forums are the breeding grounds of the modern gangs. Let me explain from the beginning. In the olden days, when most people didn’t use the Internet, if someone wanted to socialize with others and get personal affirmation from a group of like-minded individuals, they joined a club, either formally or informally. Sometimes informal clubs [...]
My last post didn’t have much in the way of discussion, so here’s a follow-up. Since it had been in the 70′s and 80′s before we left, and we were just going to the coast, we didn’t even have light jackets. It was early summer, and to save room in the car (as mentioned previously) [...]