It’s been years in the making, but our home away from home is finally finished and we are spending our first time back in the Philippines since 2019 getting reacquainted with the area. There is an entirely new mall with several bookstores and lots of new restaurants. We are set to meet up with family…
Category: Writing
Writing, in general
Traveling with Books
I’m leaving for the Philippines next weekend and have a lot of catching up to do. It’s been three-plus years since I was there last and I’m excited to see my friends again. It’s also been more than a year since the condo we bought was finished and we have yet to see it, except…
This is why our teachers asked us to “show our work”.
In mathematics there is (generally) only one right answer. If life worked like mathematics there would be a lot of unhappy people. The world is complicated because people are different, dogs are different, cats are different, horses are different, birds are different, heck even no two snowflakes are the same. When each one of us…
Research Tricks
A trick I often use to keep my research organized and tight when I’m beginning a story is so very simple, but I’m not sure many people think about it so I’m going to share it here. I do a lot of web based research when I’m writing stories. Of course like most writers I…
Take Pride in Everything
June is commonly known as Gay, Lesbian, Bi, Trans, Queer Pride month around the world. It was chosen based on the timing of the Stonewall Riots, which are thought of as the birth of the gay rights movement in the US and subsequently the world.
Merging, Blending, Fusing
So I’m going to merge my book website and my life website into one and call it Griffonneur Press dot com. Griffonneur is French for scribbler. As such, it’s been my term for the last few years for what I’m doing in my off time. A note here, a picture there, a story someplace else….