My older brother can play guitar, bass, piano and drums. I think he also played a brass instrument, but I’m not 100% sure on that. anyway, when we lived in Berwyn, he had all the gear; electric guitar, amp, reel to reel, microphones...
After a very long time, I am revisiting my epic fantasy with my current WIP. This is like going home again. Originally conceived in the late 90’s, I wrote a first draft in the early part of 2000 or 2001 (I swear, it all starts to blur...
“Here’s some paper, draw for a little while…” and I did. I drew and I drew and now I CAN’T STOP! I HAVE PENS AND NOTE PADS EVERYWHERE! If your characters could talk, what would they say? For this guy, I think...
A shot of my mom, brother and me when I was a baby: I was a chubby baby… I’ve no idea where this was taken. Probably in Chicago/Berwyn/Cicero area. Possibly Kentucky. My brother looks like a dork! (He’d say the same thing) ...
As I mentioned earlier this week, I lost a days worth of writing to a bug. This depressed me immensely. Not just because I lost the writing, but because of the sheer amount of words gone in one fail swoop. I woke up that morning with a full...
At a pretty young age, I found out people would just GIVE you ‘scratch paper’. It was like recycling, only they didn’t turn it into brown, scratchy napkins from Taco Bell. No, this paper could be used to DRAW ON… FOR...
Random thoughts for Tuesday, July 31st, 2012 /brt If I become a famous author & you guys want to give me stuff at a con, remember: Transformers, not GoBots. I don’t want a repeat of Xmas ’84. * * * “Merry Christmas!”...
Depressed. Following my upgrade of Scrivener a couple weeks back to 2.3, I came across something odd. I was typing away on my project and I wanted to know how I was doing, so I opened the Project Targets window, kept typing. Noticed that the...
With extra time on my hands, I’ve been going through boxes of crap trying to figure out what I can unload into the giant green filing cabinet that gets set out onto the street once a week. I came across this, which surprised me cuz I...
When I was a boy, someone gave me crayons and some construction paper, told me to draw something, and I did. I DIDN’T KNOW IT WOULD LEAD TO A LIFELONG HABIT! *sob!* I used to play a lot of arcade games. One of my favorites was Ms. Pac...
Random thoughts for Tuesday, July 24th, 2012 /brt Most men will flush the toilet before going to the bathroom, then try to race the flush. I like to add a second level of intensity by putting something in the microwave… * * * Something to...
Who has two thumbs and is a news junkie?! *thumbs up and pointed at himself* Among my various rss subscriptions and news feeds that I follow, I also have a couple setup to feed me ‘weird, odd or strange’ news items. They tend to take...
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