September 5, 2024

Before I get to the usual biz, I wanted to share this random photo I took this morning. It was from a hotel in Reno I was at. Why Reno? …

August 29, 2024 Post

This week’s 101-word tale is a silly yarn that was originally created two years ago. Since that time, my writing’s improved a bit (at least I hope it has). When …

August 22, 2024 Post

Despite all the letters and petitions demanding an end to all of this, I’m back with another 101-word Story of the Week. It was inspired by anonymous reader Gary Parker, …

August 15, 2024 Post

Like a bad social disease you can’t get rid of, I’m back once again with another 101-word Story of the Week. It was inspired by a prompt generously sent my …

August 1, 2024

If it’s Thursday, this must be Blog Day. That being the case, here’s the Story of the Week. It was inspired by a prompt sent in by Helga Issa Prowd. …

July 18, 2024 Post

First, a bit of housekeeping… The company I employ to send around these little weekly slices of my life has inadvertently deleted a decent chunk of you subscribers from my …

June 27, 2024 Post

Some kids outgrow their imaginary friends…the rest of us become writers Last week’s online conference about writing crime fiction turned out to be pretty decent. It wasn’t exactly the same …

June 20, 2024 Post

Today isn’t quite the longest day of the year–it’ll just seem like it after you’ve read this. As we go to press, I’m taking a break from a fun Crime …

June 13, 2024 Post

It won’t kill you to read this, but why take a chance? But, since I see you’re the type who likes living on the edge, read on. Two tales and …

June 6, 2024 Post

What every smartphone user should know …has nothing to do with this post, but… I do have a couple of stories for you. I’m serving up the Story of the …