50,000+ words… and then some.

… so now you know why I haven’t posted anything new to PlanetOC this month. I’ve been busy hammering out 50,000+ words and am glad to say that after three years of trying, I have finally completed the annual “National Novel Writing Month” challenge. What was the secret this year? Even more important than havingContinue reading “50,000+ words… and then some.”

needs a title.

I don’t tend to complain, really I don’t… but I’m feeling ridiculously snake-bit lately. Last week my ol’ faithful laptop finally gave up the ghost (see previous post) but hey ! …no big deal because I’m a devoted backer-uper of my files… always moving them from laptop to my desktop machine, keeping everything up-to-date andContinue reading “needs a title.”

Jim Carroll, Robert Mitchum and the 103 Year Old Lady.

“There ain’t much time left, you’re born out of this insane abyss and you’re going to fall back into it, so while you’re alive you might as well show your bare ass.” —  Jim Carroll Just a few days ago I was in Northern California to attend the funeral of a woman who was justContinue reading “Jim Carroll, Robert Mitchum and the 103 Year Old Lady.”