Empty-Handed Leap into the Void

I’ve been trying to make a decision lately about my life, my career, my life savings, and how much I am willing to risk to live the life I want to live. I pulled a rune on the matter, and as I have so very often in the past, pulled the Blank Rune. The Blank…

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Make it Till You Make It

I’ve always been a bit of a rebel; a do-it-yourselfer. So, I guess it should come as no surprise that instead of going the traditional route, I’ve become a self-published author. Not that that was always the plan. When I first started writing screenplays years ago, the goal was to get an agent who could…

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Recharge

Heading out to go camping with a dear friend and my pup today. Can’t wait to visit those giant Sequoias again. I haven’t been since I was a kid, but I will never forget how awe-inspiring they were. I imagine I’ll have that same experience this time around. And really, who couldn’t use a little…

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thoughts for the middle of the night

you are not alone.  not even right now when you feel you must be. whether someone lies next you or not, you feel the illusion of loneliness and it is suffocating, i know.  it feels unbearable and all powerful. but it isn’t. the real problem is that you aren’t alone enough. because as isolated as…

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Lean In

I’m working furiously to finish Chasm on time: polishing, deepening, refining. I had an  interesting insight just now and I thought I’d share it. When I “lean in” to my plot problems (places that don’t quite make sense, gaps in logic, etc.) as opposed to wrestling with them, I find that I come up with…

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