Writer. Editor. Cautionary Tale.
Today was Spenser’s first full day at school so he got to ride the bus and take a lunch, both of which he loved. We had another good night last night with a regular bedtime and stories and baths. So once we punted him off to school, I got to work at my desk and […]
Today is my last day at the day job and it doesn’t feel as monumental as I expected. I think part of that is I’ve been transitioning out of this job for over a month now so I’m ready to go. But I also think the fact that I’m so busy with editing and writing […]
Neil Smith rejected the very first story I ever submitted to an online journal. Luckily (for me at least, I’m sure he might beg to differ) that wasn’t enough to turn me off completely and he’s gone on to publish two of my pieces over at Plots With Guns. In the years since that first […]
I’ve discussed here on a number of occasions my concern with the increasingly isolated short crime fiction community and the false claims of a short story renaissance. A few Facebook posts recently reminded me of one particularly depressing moment from last year that I think needs further discussion. When I was in Milwaukee for Murder […]
I’m getting kind of addicted to the filters and cropping function over at Flickr. It makes even a hack like me seem like a decent photog. So anyhoo, we went to the beach today and I took some pictures. It was fun. Enjoy.
We did our part today to help bring Detroit back by heading down to Comerica Park for the Detroit Tigers Christmas in July game. We stopped at my father-in-law’s hardware store in Mexican town, then drove and parked for free at the MGM Grand Casino. Sure this might not sound like we were contributing to […]
Every once in a while, to avoid being eaten alive by the crap in our bedroom, I need to go in with a trash bag and wild abandon and clean up. Today was that day. To be fair to my wife who is responsible for most of the mess, I also contributed because I reach […]
You know, I’ve been blathering all over social media about my career change while I’ve neglected my one true love here. I’ll have some more Deep Thoughts about what led to the transition, but for now I’ll plunk my various status updates here for the permanent record for when Facebook eventually (hopefully) dies. So I […]
The site has an even newer look now thanks to some folks who pointed out the weird chunk of white space in the other template. It took me a while to find one that looked professional, but not boring, and also looked good on my iPad and phone as well as the desktop. I think […]
All that was missing was an old lady in a rocking chair on the back. That junk filled 1/4 of a dumpster at the dump. I was amazed at how much stuff we were able to fit into the truck. There’s also stuff in the backseat of the cab too. The only thing that fell […]
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