Monthly Archives: December 2004

As I listened this morning to my favorite radio station’s wondrous programming, I heard two commercials I deemed “of interest”. Now, you must realize that I absolutely hate advertisements. They are part of the consumer culture I am so beaten … Continue reading →

Jury duty was fun last week. I sat in a large clean white room for 3 hours and dozed off as apparently the county prosecutors did what they get paid to do and got plea agreements. Thanks, Dallas Countians, for … Continue reading →

I get to go on Jury Duty tomorrow. My first time ever, and I’m 33 years old. Is that normal? My wife is totally jealous, since she does nothing with her free time except watch Court TV (at least if … Continue reading →

Novel-writing observation number 3: Writing dialogue, while possibly the best way to develop character, sucks. I don’t mind writing just regular dialogue — It’s the punctuation and quotes I hate. They make no sense to me. They need to be … Continue reading →

Here’s my second observation on novel writing: If you do it every day eventually it crowds out all other thoughts so you’re just a walking zombie who’s disconnected from the real world. You begin to live through the novel, and … Continue reading →

I’ve been indisposed for the entire month of November writing a novel for the NaNoWriMo.org people. (See previous post for my victory celebration). It’s actually for myself, since I am currently the only one reading it. To get the 50,000 … Continue reading →