Category: Reading and Writing

Stuff I’ve written about writing and reading in particular.

The rest is still unwritten….

Lately, the muse of writing has been kind of quiet in my life….. But that’s understandable. I’ve been busy with other facets. I do work a full time job and sometimes it gets crazy there. The adventuring with friends to find geocaches has been strong, especially since I am less than twenty days from a […]

Kith and Kin

I don’t have any family that is related to me by blood here in my little swath of the Midwest. Most of my blood family lives on the East coast of the United States, though I still have some family in the Golden State as well. But that doesn’t mean I don’t have a family […]

Dejections

The other day I finally did our taxes. As I went to download my 1099-MISC for royalties from 2025, I got notified I didn’t even receive a 1099-MISC for last year because I didn’t even hit the threshold for it. It was kind of a mental blow. But in a way, it is my fault. […]

Keeper of Memories, Chapter Four: Home

This is the final chapter of a four chapter short story that ties into my fantasy adventure Portals Series and can be read as a standalone. To read more information on the this story and the others in the series, visit Keeper of Memories. To start with the first chapter click here: Chapter One: Adventure […]

Keeper of Memories, Chapter Three: Loss

This is the third chapter of a four chapter short story that ties into my fantasy adventure Portals Series and can be read as a standalone. To read more information on the this story and the others in the series, visit Keeper of Memories. To start with the first chapter click here: Chapter One: Adventure […]

Keeper of Memories, Chapter Two: Memory

This is the second chapter of a four chapter short story that ties into my fantasy adventure Portals Series and can be read as a standalone. To read more information on the this story and the others in the series, visit Keeper of Memories. To start with the first chapter click here: Chapter One: Adventure […]

Keeper of Memories, Chapter One : Adventure

This is the first chapter of a four chapter short story that ties into my fantasy adventure Portals Series and can be read as a standalone. To read more information on the this story and the others in the series, visit Keeper of Memories. Adventure It has been many years since I had one of […]

Keeper of Memories

Magical readers, I am thrilled to tell you that I am releasing another story in my Portals Series! Unlike the novels or novellas in the portal fantasy adventure series, this truly is a short story at just under 8,000 words and four chapters. Since it wouldn’t be feasible to put this in print, I will […]

Glad Tidings once more

There is a giant mess in my front room currently. Several boxes are on the floor, their contents in disarray. My writing desk sits askew on one of the boxes, waiting for me to pull it once more onto my lap. Discarded papers from stamps and sticker sheets probably line the floor in between the […]

Apologies

Dear magical readers, If you logged in yesterday to read the next chapter of The Year of the Winding Road and discovered it wasn’t there, I do apologize. Because I am being pulled in several different directions with work, finding time to pursuit my other hobby of hiking and geocaching, and even other stories in […]