I was watching an add for the newest Grinch movie and something caught my ear. There was a line about the Grinch being a lonely orphan. That was something new. How does that bit of information affect the perception of the Grinch as the evil being responsible for stealing The Whos of Whoville's Christmas? Should …
The Big Move: Day 7
We have arrived. Almost. We're about 10 minutes from the apartment in a Comfort Inn. Tomorrow we get the keys and the movers arrive with half of our stuff. The other half will show up in the Pod on Wednesday. Then we get to play, where the hell did we pack that. About that picture. …
The Big Move: Day 6
We made it to Oregon some 1,040 miles from where we started. We have another 284 to go to get to Portland. By then we will be above these wild fires. We drove through some pretty burned up areas. The air is kind of smokey too. It's a little unsettling. According to the map there …
The Big Move: Day 5
Actually this is the, what day of the week is it, day. It seems like we've been doing this for a while. The rest should go quick as they are all overnight stops. The boys are really into the swing of things. Beetlejuice is having the most fun. Jack is being a Jack hiding but …
The Big Move: Day 4
There is not much to talk about yesterday. It was just the drive from Anaheim to Vasillia Ca. Though the route did go past Six Flags Magic Mountain. I always wanted to go there. I suppose if I didn't have to cats in the car with me I might have stopped. Today we went to …
The Big Move: Day 3
No driving today just a lot of walking. It was Disneyland time. My first time and the first ride, Space Mountain. I've been wanting to ride that since I was a little kid. Made it to the Indiana Jones ride, Haunted Mansion, and Mr. Toad's Wild Ride. I also talked Jamie into Splash Mountain. I …
The Big Move: Day 2
Here we are in Anaheim. I'm going to be 50 this December but I've finally made it to Disneyland. Beetlejuice and Mr. Jack aren't too impressed, but they're only kitties. Myself I want to go on Space Mountain. This was the longest leg of our drive, a little over 5 hours. The traffic in California …
The Big Move: Day One
The truck and pod are loaded and on there way. Took the kittens and ourselves to a motel for the night. The call of a real bed was just too hard to ignore. At least the money from the closing on the house is in our bank account. Now all the questions pop into my …
My Female Characters Need Help
I saw this in the blog-o-shpere, https://bookriot.com/2018/04/24/male-novelist-female-characters/, and it reminded me how much work I have to do on my female characters. I rely on my editors to help me when I really go off the rails. Sadly that is more often than not, especially with the little things. I often thought if it would be …
Traditional vs Self Publishing
In my trek across the blogoshere I came upon this article on The Creative Pen. Pros and Cons of Traditional Publishing vs Self-publishing I think the author does a real good job of laying it all out in a simple way. I tend to use Independent Author synonymous with Self-Publishing so I do not necessarily …
