Redbeacon, Scripted, Ted Williams

It's been a long time, I know. I've been busy writing for Redbeacon and editing for Scripted. I'd like to be busier. I've also been editing texts for a European dating site, Relatieplanet. I haven't gotten paid yet, so I'm not sure if the work I've done is for nothing. If I do get paid, great. If not, I'll be pretty disappointed.

I've been doing some work on my latest novel. It's coming together nicely, although I only  have about 15,000 words written. I've been working on this for 6 months and have completely redone it twice, but now it's finally going in the direction I'm looking for. My goal is to finish the first draft by the end of August.

I'm currently reading a book about Ted Williams called The Kid. It's about 800 pages long and I'm halfway through. I'm really enjoying it and think any fan of Williams, the Red Sox, or the history of Major League Baseball will like it. It's taking me forever to read, which is the only bad thing about it because I have other books I want to get to.

Yesterday, I put on my sunglasses and my son Sam said, "Now all you need to look cool is a motorcycle, two guns, and a full head of hair." I'm not sure where he gets his image of what cool looks like. I used to have the motorcycle and the full head of hair, but those days are long gone.m

Here's my latest column from the Sanford News, "Parents Need to Follow the (bleeping) Parking Rules". It's about the way people drive and park in the school parking lot when I drop off and pick up my son. I think it's one of my better columns. In my opinion, any column about swearing should be fun.