Monthly Archives: May 2011

My Phobia Trumps Your Rationality

“What are fears but voices airy? Whispering harm where harm is not. And deluding the unwary Till the fatal bolt is shot!”  Wordsworth Inside my head there is a voice - a voice I imagine belongs to a neurotic little troll … Continue reading

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What’s that smell? It’s called morning…

What?  I can’t understand you.  You’re grumbling. Not a morning person, you say?  Blasphemy!  I love mornings.  Don’t get me wrong, I’m not the jump out of bed, happy as a clam morning person.  I have fantasies about bashing those obnoxious nitwits in the face with a baseball … Continue reading

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My Character Inspiration

“All characters are based on elements of a writer’s personal experience.”  Robert Holdstock I’ve always been a watcher.  No, not in that creepy Keanu Reeves (The Watcher) sort of way.  My watching tendencies come more out of an innate curiosity of what … Continue reading

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What I’ve learned about me over the last decade…

 In one month, I will turn 39.  Egads!  39.   Seriously?  How the hell did that happen?  I mean, I can see the whites of 40′s eyes glaring at me from the not so distant shadows.  It’s the beginning of a whole new decade of … Continue reading

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