Random Ramblings

“You have to live life to write about it.”

As I was sitting in bed this morning, laptop in front of me, coffee and a slice of pie beside me, I started thinking.  Last week, I saw a buddy of mine that I hadn’t seen in ages.  I made a passing comment.  “You have to live life to write about it.”  This isn’t anything… Continue reading “You have to live life to write about it.”

Random Ramblings

My Characters and Myself

There’s so much of myself in my writing.  I get asked; “Which character is actually you?”  I suppose the only honest answer is all of them and none of them.  I don’t have any characters that are actually anyone that I know.  They are fictional.  They are inspired composites of people that have affected me. … Continue reading My Characters and Myself

Random Ramblings

From Dental Hygiene to Writing

When I first started my writing adventure, I was only writing for myself.  I never had plans to publish.  I didn’t have aspirations of greatness.  You see, unlike most writers I talk to and meet, my background is NOT in journalism.  I only took one English class in college, and that was because it was… Continue reading From Dental Hygiene to Writing