Never Give Up, Never Surrender!

I think about quitting sometimes. No, really, it’s true. I have these heavy waves of self-doubt that wash over me and make me think I’ll never be quite good enough and make me wonder why I even bother trying.And in those moments of doubt, I tell myself...

On The Edge

I’m a big fan of animation. Yeah, cartoons, if you want to put it simplistically. All kinds of cartoons. Classic Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, anime, some of the cartoons that came out in the 1990’s and 2000’s (Teen Titans, Pinky and the Brain, etc).One...

A Truly Rough Draft

A few years ago I took a class on design. To be clear, when I say ‘class’ I don’t mean anything as grand as a college course. It was a two-day workshop taught by a travelling instructor that took place in a banquet room at a small local hotel. My...

Baby Steps

So I’ve learned something recently. It’s something that will come as a surprise to anyone who’s ever written anything and then tried to get it published through traditional channels. Like a big surprise. This will be something you’ve never...

I Just Can’t Let You Go

The song is my new theme song for my book series. Every story has a similar theme and this song seems to encompass all of them nicely. I’m revising today (again…seems like I’m always either revising or writing, go figure), and this is playing in the...

A to Z Challenge Reflections

I’ve been back blogging for two or three whole days now and I already get to take a slacker day ^_^. Every year, Arlee Bird, and a fine selection of cohorts, hosts the A to Z blogging challenge. The basic premise is to blog almost every day in April, taking...