The latest newsletter. I’m doing something and writing a book, will stop in at a book festival. Check it out.

A special Labor Day edition, not because I dawdled too long on it. Plus, a minor celebration.

On the road today (to central Iowa to celebrate my son’s recent birthday), so it’s not likely I will have poems posted until sometime Sunday. Also, it’s been a while since I’ve posted anything, hasn...

On the road today (to central Iowa to celebrate my son’s recent birthday), so it’s not likely I will have poems posted until sometime Sunday. Also, it’s been a while since I’ve posted anything, hasn...

A really late entry with various thoughts.

A special Monday edition of The Writing Life since I've been bad at deadlines and quotas for the past month or so lol.

Because I apparently haven't been clear about what I'd been asking for… 1) Social media reshares on platforms I can't participate in, such as Facebook and Reddit. I would love to see proof. 2) A man...

Something a little different.

Worldbuilding, 2/?

YouTube video by Midwest Writing Center

Basically stuff I saw around me the past couple days

World building, 1/?

Because I can't decide what I want to do for my latest writing project, lol (Actually, I think I did decide).

Part 2 of "Father Abraham," an alternative history ... novella, it seems.

Again a slow writing run last month, and an interesting side mission of a story.

Basically stuff I saw around me the past couple days

An Alternative History Jaunt

A slow writing month, but at least I actually wrote some stuff rather than not.

In recent months, some of these entries have gotten slightly more difficult to write. I’m slightly self-conscious about the fiction projects I’m active on, so I’m not quite sure when to share excerpts from them. That might change in the near future, but not just yet. This week, I had a conversation with one of my students, one who, at times, would prefer to distract themselves…

Another short one. All I can say about last week is that it wasn't as bad as my worst week of the month. And this past month was bad. I mean, bad, nowhere near what I'm expecting of myself. Here they are: Writing statistics for the week ending 28 February 2026: Words: 2,973Days writing: 5 of 7.Days revising or planning: 1 of 7 for 120 minutes.

Ooops.

This will be short. I've had some rough weeks that have been under-productive, to say the least. It's just been me stubbornly staring at the screen and expecting the words just to fly onto the screen. The numbers: Writing statistics for the week ending 21 February 2026: Words: 3,128Days writing: 6 of 7.Days revising or planning: 0 of 7 for 0 minutes.