Pygmalion Days
It’s all one thing, as I’ve insisted before. In the way of the imperfect imagination rattling around this particular noggin, writing is part of [read more...]
Musings
HQ: Killing Condominium
One day in April I happened to be on the patio hanging with the plants when the gate was opened by a man with a tank strapped to his back. He stopped without [read more...]
Prelude to a revision
In the wake of ConDFW in February, I came home determined to remain optimistic. Interest in Dvarsh, An Introduction had been low, even after taking account of [read more...]
I have been confused
Amid strain and worry from personal upheaval, I fixed on a notion that, in order to continue developing Habdvarsha material, the productization and sale of [read more...]
“Once a thing has been done, the fool sees it.”
Another bookstore has evaluated Dvarsh, An Introduction and found it unsuitable for their shelves. The winter light of reality creeps above the horizon. Lack [read more...]
The eyes do not have it
When I started physical therapy after breaking my wrist, a silver lining—or, at least, a silver-plated lining—showed up in the cloud. The therapist [read more...]
Cover, text block and a “to do” list
Some mysteries simply endure. I woke this morning to find the last task I began last night is complete. How this came about is not a matter on which I can [read more...]
Best of Austin Award!
This can blow your concentration to pieces! Taking a break from reworking a diagram for Dvarsh, An Introduction, I clicked onto *that* social media site to [read more...]
The news from October is about December
STIKMANTICA ANNOUNCES 12/15/2017 RELEASE DATE FOR DVARSH, AN INTRODUCTION But first, the most recent time I saw my friend Taryn Williams, now months ago, we [read more...]
Sonnet 09/19/017
Ill stars hang thick above a howling crowd, congested red, atomic guts inflamed, slit eyes on bloody heaves of iron uncowed, the very stones afire, our [read more...]
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