Some days you just have to do something. Doing something, rather than thinking about it. I’m talking about the creative side of you. The writer, the painter, the sculptor, whatever it may be. What is an artist anyway? I write about painting miniatures when I don’t have the time or motivation to get some brush …
Sometimes, You Just Want to Stay in Bed…. Read More »
Did you know that 1 out of 4 people in the United States suffers from a diagnosable mental disorder (source)? 1 out of 5 adults have an anxiety disorder in any given year, according to the National Institute of Mental Health, NIMH). Chances are you or someone you know has an anxiety disorder. Fear touches …
I have a tabletop roleplaying group that I adventure with about once per month. We’ve met for more than two years and have a wonderful time. I won’t get into the nitty-gritty in this post about the campaigns or anything. But, I’ll say that we’ve been using the Pathfinder ruleset, which is similar to Dungeon …
Painting Showcase Ilkhan the Bloody by Reaper Miniatures: Do I Sell? Read More »
On a coffee break, partaking in two of my favorite activities: consuming and spewing. Here’s my afternoon spew…. This is a precious…sss moment. A punctate lot of time in this short lifespan. In the words of the wise fictional character, Bilbo Baggins (the most famous of Hobbit-sss), I’m preemptively avoiding being “…butter scraped over too …
This morning sitting on a chair at my desk with a cup of coffee and a typewriter, I feel reality knocking on the door and it’s rude. Immortality. I’ve been watching some documentaries, or kind of listening to them while doing some mundane work (e.g., painting a lot of the same miniatures over and over), …
I wrote this story fast. So fast. Written in the morning before work using an iPad, using the tools of free association (advocated in a book about the art of writing by Ray Bradbury), and high on caffeine. Enjoy! The cards had been dealt, so this was it—I’m about to lose my kidney. I knew …
I’m at the bookstore. It’s the Halloween time of year, and I want a scary book. I have many favorite authors, but only two really peak my interest year after year. And it comes down to deciding between Dean Koontz and Stephen King. When it comes to horror fiction, Dean Koontz beats Stephen King when …
Today is Monday. No words come to me. I’m a prolific writer in private, rarely posting the journal entries, but here I am stuck. But, this I know: walking and writing go hand-in-hand. Each step can be a word. On a stroll to the lab from the parking lot I pass through the front entrance of …
