In this day and age, writers who write one book, unless they are spectacularly talented and supremely lucky, are going to be lost in the winds of time. There is an immense amount of competition to the written word: cinema, regular TV networks, streaming TV networks, YouTube, TicTok, to name just a few. Within …
Writing at any time of the year is not a piece of cake. Sure, a lot of people think that writing is so easy that anyone can do it, but the truth of the matter is that writing requires specific skills and training (better pay attention in English class, …
It’s December, and that means it’s holiday season! I guess holiday season technically starts with Thanksgiving, at least here in the US, but for me, it’s not real until I’m playing 24 hours of Christmas and winter season music on Pandora. But the arrival of this season doesn’t mean that I don’t have work …
The election is over. I voted, though as I always do, I wonder what effect my vote had. Once I mail in my ballot, I realize that I should have made a record of everyone I voted for, but that always seems so unimportant when I am filling out the ballot. Then, waiting for …
Halloween is coming up, and so are the yard decorations all over the neighborhood. I enjoy walking my dog as we both admire the creative efforts of our neighbors. My dog shows his particular appreciation by marking the territory as his personal domain. It is fitting that my dog participates in this post, since …
I’ve finished the last book in the Hot Dog Detective series of cozy mysteries. So, what do I do now? I could take a vacation (it would require all of you to buy my entire series several times over to afford that, unfortunately). Or I could start on a new series. So that is what …