Archive for June, 2012
Time to tackle Thursday’s question. First I want to say thanks to everybody who visited the blog yesterday and read the next installment of “Below the Surface.” It was the second busiest day traffic-wise that I have had on the blog, so for that I thank everyone and I am glad it’s going well. I’ve […]
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Tags: are things destined to happen?, fate vs. coincidence, favorite ice cream, margaret atwood, question of the day, random coincidences
Below the Surface (continued)
Steven was snapped out of his trance by the sound of the lawn mower of the landscaping crew. He looked down out the bedroom window to see the familiar figure of Oscar and his two-man crew tending to the lawn and garden. Steven put on a t-shirt and jeans and made his way down to […]
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Tags: below the surface, fiction writing, horror fiction
Wednesday is typically my off day from blogging, so I had plenty of time to consider my answer to my question and what would be the next question. In case you forgot, Tuesday’s question was: Do you believe in ghosts? I think there are always people who are skeptical when it comes to the issue […]
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Tags: do you believe in ghosts, fate vs. coincidence, question of the day
Let Me Tell You Something Son
I’ve been doing a lot of work today, but I decided to take a break and do some blogging right now. I hope to get the next installment of my story up today, so you can look for that later on. For now, let’s answer yesterday’s question, which was: If you could give just one […]
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Tags: advice to a child, do you believe in ghosts, learning, life experiences, piece of advice, question of the day
I took the weekend off from blogging to do some fun family things and we had a nice time all weekend, but now it’s back to blogging. First, I want to thank everyone who had comments about the story I am working on. If you want to check it out, you can see the first […]
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Tags: advice for kids, favorite candy, question of the day
Below the Surface
Okay, so here’s what I have. I have actually written quite a bit so far, so I am going to have to do this in installments. I’m not used to sharing my work in any fashion whatsoever, so be kind. According to copyright law, all the text on this page is created by me and can’t be […]
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Tags: below the surface, horror fiction, story, thriller
Okay, get your minds out of the gutter, first of all. At least I may have gotten your attention with my title. I got some good answers to yesterday’s question, which was: Is change a good thing or a bad thing? There seems to be quite a few variables involved with this question. Change just […]
Filed under: Change, Questions | 3 Comments
Tags: change, favorite candy, fiction writing, personal change, question of the day, social change
This, That and the Other Thing
No blog posts yesterday; Wednesday is my busy day where I don’t get much done on the computer, so I didn’t answer yesterday’s question on here. On the other hand, I did get some time to do some actual fiction writing, even though it was in one of my books and it is inspired by […]
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Tags: change, fiction writing, noise in the basement, question of the day
Today seems as dreary as yesterday! Hopefully this rain will clear out soon and we can get back to nice sunny days here. As for yesterday’s question, which was: Do you consider yourself a morning person or an evening person? Why? It seems to me that the most of the people I know consider themselves […]
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Tags: evening person, morning person, mornings vs. evenings, question of the day
With apologies to The Carpenters, it is a pretty blah type day here in New York, and a Monday to boot, which makes it even worse. On days like this, you don’t feel like doing anything or seeing anybody. You just want to crawl back into bed and sleep the whole day away and start […]
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Tags: manners, mornings vs. evenings, niceness, pay it forward, politeness, question of the day
The Office of Iguana Flats 