Thoughts I finished another one and GO GET VACCINATED! Woo hoo! I have finished Consortium (#3 of 4) and am doing a bunch of additions and rewrites to Unity (the first one I wrote). Then it’s on to Colony. Then more editing. And after that, the pro-editor hunt begins! And hopefully, by the end of the year, the
amwriting March comes in more like a cranky bear. Welcome to March, friends. It’s been a year since my Wife and I started quarantining, and I’m kind of over it. Switzerland has been slow rolling out vaccines, and while I’m happy for everyone I know gettings vaccines in the States (especially my mom and dad!), I’
Thoughts I'm a freakin' writing machine! So I woke up this morning still kind of in shock that I finished the draft of a 2nd novel last night! Holy moly! I’m really happy with this one, too, and it comes chronologically before Unity (the first novel I wrote) and sets up a lot more of
Novella Hello 2021 with Snow and The Four Keys Paperback Now Available! This picture was taken about a hour or so ago, and it’s still snowing. I think this is the biggest snowstorm I’ve seen in Zurich so far! It’s so beautiful, and for once I don’t mind being stuck inside. Definitely a day for writing and napping,
Thoughts New Year's Sneak Peek from "Survey": The Seven Siblings Author's Note: This is a children's story told to my main characters in my forthcoming book "Survey" which I hope to release in 2021. Sheila and Her Dog Story Book, Chapter 47 “The Seven Siblings” by Captain Joshua Walker and Jenna Watkins A long
Thoughts Blessed Yule and Merry Christmas! I hope all of you, whatever holiday you're celebrating (or none) this time of year, have a great holiday and good slide into the new year! (As we say here in Switzerland.) May this next year bring an end to the pandemic and be better than the last.
Thoughts The update in which I confuse you all... If you haven't been to my page in awhile, you'll see a nifty pic on the sidebar that says "NaNoWriMo Winner" on it! Yup, I finished NaNoWriMo with just over 66K words. I'm still not done the novel, but NaNo really got
Thoughts Monthly Update - NaNoWriMo Edition! This year it seems that I will actually be completing NaNoWriMo since, as I write this blog, I have 37,814 words written! I have to say, though, it’s be a bit trippy, since I’m not working on my first novel like I thought I would be. I’
Thoughts Blessed Samhain Hail to the Beloved Dead who have passed in this year of pain and strife. Hail to our Ancestors! We ask for strength for the coming days. We call to the Ancestors who have been oppressed, who lived and died under fascism, who lived and died under dictators, despots, and
Novella It's a Blog Post! Woo! I know it’s been awhile since I’ve done a regular blog post here, but given what’s going on in the world right now, it’s been hard to update things. I suppose I’ve gotten to the point in quarantine where I’m accepting it until there’
america What I Understand Now (or: Why I'm Giving Up on Facebook) There are so many things I understand now that I didn’t fully understand when I lived in the US. I now know how it feels to be an immigrant. I know what it’s like now to live in a country where I don’t understand the language and
Politics Yes, it really is that bad in the US. It’s 11:45 pm on a Saturday night here in Zurich, Switzerland. For several days now, I’ve been watching the protests in the US and realizing that there’s not a whole lot I can do at the moment. I’ve done the things that I can do,
Essays Quarantine Reflections I’ve been staring at blank screens for a few days now. It’s been hard to write and be verbally creative during this quarantine time. Like many folks, I’ve been in a kind of brain fog. It’s hard to watch the news (especially coming out of the
Photography 10 Weeks Quarantine As of this writing, the Wife and I have been quarantined for 10 weeks, and Switzerland has been virtually shut down for nearly a month. It hasn’t been easy for either of us, and I know my emotions have been up and down since the beginning. For those that
Photography Staying Home (COVID-19) I'm going to be real with you all, especially folks in the US: this shit is real. Right now, as I type this, Switzerland is pretty much closed up. People are only going out if they have to. There will be a press conference from the Bundesrat (Federal
Fiber Arts Back to the Schilthorn February has been a busy month, but it's been a good one for the most part. The recent highlight was that the Wife and I took a much needed trip back to Mürren. It's definitely one of our favorite places to go. So peaceful and incredibly
Uncategorized Sunshine Adventure This month's post is a bit late due to the fact that I went to Florida to visit my parents and celebrate my birthday with them. I swam a lot, got very tan, and even saw an alligator! The trip there was a bit of an adventure, since
Uncategorized Rutsch guet übere! It was a good holiday season here in Switzerland. The Wife and I went to London at the beginning of December and had a lovely time with our friend Bat. Our hotel was pretty swank, too, and I splurged on a mani-pedi at the hotel spa! We also went to
Uncategorized Does it count as a fail if it got me writing? I had every intention of completing NaNoWriMo when I set myself up at the end of October. I didn't. But in the first week I got a pretty nasty cold that took me about a week to get over. Feeling like crap is definitely not conducive to getting
Novella Yes, I know. It's been awhile. To be honest, it's been a good, but hard (writing-wise) couple of months. August was hot, and I was trying to get some writing in, (I did manage some writing), but not the same momentum I had before my depression crash in May. I did get a lot
Novella So, yeah, that life thing... Sometimes you make a plan, and The Universe just laughs and sets fire to said plan. Yeah, it's been like that since I last posted. I am taking care of things and adulting around a bunch of stuff, so, at least at the moment, things are on even
Novella Priorities, Man, Priorities... Yes, I'm still around. I've just been neglectful of this poor blog because, well, I've been writing. I had an epiphany about a month or so ago, and I wasn't giving my writing the proper priority in my life. I was treating
Thoughts Stop Killing Your Partner's Joy <!-- wp:paragraph --> My wife asked me to write this because in a group she’s in on Facebook she hears many stories about partners (usually long term husbands, wives, girlfriends, boyfriends, etc) getting all bent out of shape about their partner taking the time to work
Thoughts The Religous Nerd Tour 2019: Introduction There are many things that make Zurich a wonderful place to live and experience, but you have to admit: if one is a clergy person, and particularly clergy of the Christian persuasion, Zurich, and Switzerland as a whole, is a theological history heaven. Because I’m both a history nerd
Thoughts A Little Christmas Joy for You! The Zurich Singing Christmas Tree The Wife and I went to see the Zurich Singing Christmas Tree tonight, and it was the cutest, most joyful Christmas thing we've ever seen! Click here to see an Instagram video of them singing. If this doesn't make you smile, I don't know