Easy to Be a Good Customer
When I first met Jeffrey Tanner, fictional costar of my short story “The Widow’s Granddaughter,” he told me, “Nice guys finish last.” I didn’t believe him then, and I still think he was seriously misguided. Fortunately, that character discovered that there is much more to life than alpha-male-ism. What an appropriate memory for the days […]
Whipped into a Feeling Frenzy
Sharks are infamous for the feeding frenzy. They smell blood, and they lose control. All their instincts go on high alert. They turn into a finely tuned hunting machine, with one goal, to eat the kill. Other animals, too, have their frenzies. The predator hunts, and the prey runs. Instinct tells them to panic, and […]
Running on Coffee Fumes
This past week has been the busiest writing week in a long time. I’ve decided to focus more of my effort at my writing blog, including posting each morning a link to an interesting article along with my comments. Most afternoons, I’m still posting a writing article there, too. It’s been exceptionally easy to come […]
I Am Such a Geek (The Star Trek: TNG Trivia Game)
One of the quip-hits from an ebook I’m putting together for Read-an-ebook week, Catnapping for a Living: Humorous Sketches and Tails (because I don’t have enough time to think of a better title): “Tomolok the Romulan is dead now, you know. But he’ll always be G’Kar to me. I am such a geek.” And if […]
