My new Sanford News column can be read at http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130523/GJCOMMUNITY03/130529662/-1/SANNEWS Most of it is about the 80's, when I was a teenager, so if you remember that long-ago decade you may like it. And if you don't remember the 80's, well, you still may like it.
The sun is shining and the temperature is almost 70! It's about time. We haven't had any warm weather yet and after the winter we had, seventy degrees feels good. Seventy-five will feel better. Thursday could be over 80. I'll try not to complain about it. Everyone else will - "Boy, I can't wait till wintah" - but you'd be hard pressed to hear me say it's too hot and I can't wait for winter.
I'm reading Stephen King's "Duma Key". It's actually really good, much better than I expected. I'm about halfway through. The main character, Edgar Freemantle, is an artist using his paintings to kill criminals and heal friends with bullets in their heads. Sounds strange, yes, but this is all perfectly normal in the world of Stephen King. I don't like a lot of his story lines, especially when they drift way over into sci-fi, but I love the way he writes. And so far, "Duma Key" is a good story, among my favorite Stephen King books. It's a long book, around 600 pages, but so far it's going quickly.
I've got 3 more episodes left before I am finished with season 3 of Arrested Development. I may watch them tonight. Then I move on to the new episodes on Netflix. I can't wait, I hope they are as good as the older ones.
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Captain America Is Keeping Us Safe
First, I'd like to say there's nothing that makes a person feel safe like having a superhero in the house. Captain America has been here this week, and occasionally Spiderman stops by as well. I never see them together or with Samuel, but he says that is just a coincidence. As you can see below, Captain America looks very brave and serious, as a superhero should.
I started writing "Rock Star" again. It's always difficult for me to finish writing anything, especially anything long like a novel. Over the period of time it takes to write it, I get so many ideas for other stories that I want to just take a break to work on them. The problem is, I never get anything finished that way. The only way I can finish a writing project is to focus on that and block out all the other wonderful ideas floating around in my head until I'm finished. And so, I will write nothing else (except newspaper columns) until I am finished with "Rock Star".
My sales this month are very slow, the slowest since I first published "Lettahs From Maine". Let's go, people! Summer's coming, time to download some great books onto your kindles. I did sell a copy of Children of Mother Earth in the UK the other night. I sell a copy or two there almost every month, which is very exciting to me. I keep hoping it'll take off there, but so far it hasn't.
Let's see, what else? I've been watching a lot of Arrested Development, which is probably why my story is coming along so slowly. But it's just so funny. When I'm finished with the old seasons and the new one, I'm sure my writing will pick right up. That's pretty sad.
It's a beautiful day, I'm going to do some writing and then spread compost in the garden. Yes, I do have an exciting life.
I started writing "Rock Star" again. It's always difficult for me to finish writing anything, especially anything long like a novel. Over the period of time it takes to write it, I get so many ideas for other stories that I want to just take a break to work on them. The problem is, I never get anything finished that way. The only way I can finish a writing project is to focus on that and block out all the other wonderful ideas floating around in my head until I'm finished. And so, I will write nothing else (except newspaper columns) until I am finished with "Rock Star".
My sales this month are very slow, the slowest since I first published "Lettahs From Maine". Let's go, people! Summer's coming, time to download some great books onto your kindles. I did sell a copy of Children of Mother Earth in the UK the other night. I sell a copy or two there almost every month, which is very exciting to me. I keep hoping it'll take off there, but so far it hasn't.
Let's see, what else? I've been watching a lot of Arrested Development, which is probably why my story is coming along so slowly. But it's just so funny. When I'm finished with the old seasons and the new one, I'm sure my writing will pick right up. That's pretty sad.
It's a beautiful day, I'm going to do some writing and then spread compost in the garden. Yes, I do have an exciting life.
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