There are these guys at the Starbucks I go to. I think they’re retired. They’re always wearing sweatpants and don’t look like they’ve showered so I figure they aren’t working. These guys are here every time I am, and it drives me crazy. They take over the coffee shop and they’re so loud talking about sports and politics, women, and… View Post

In graduate school I learned about demons. They are the most awake during the hours of two and three. That’s what the film director told us. “Scott Derrickson wants to scare you,” the man who introduced him said, and he said something too about transcendental darkness. I think that was supposed to be the lesson, but Scott said, “Turn out… View Post

I used to take writing classes at The Writer’s Center in Bethesda, Maryland, and here’s an old prompt that I decided to respond to today, so technically this is something new, but also technically it has no place to go, but it was good write, and so on the blog it belongs. PROMPT: We all walk past things everyday. Take… View Post

Some writers and I discuss point-of-view That is – can you change in the middle of a story? David does it in Psalm 3 He speaks to God directly – “Lord, how my foes increase! “…you Lord, are a shield around me.” Then, David talks to us: “I cry aloud to the Lord, He answers I will not be afraid.”… View Post

I am at a swim meet of Harper’s. It’s called “The Last Chance” meet. This means this is the last chance to make a state cut. Except next week is regionals, and I think you can get a state cut for that, too. Maybe this is a “Second to Last Chance” meet, but that doesn’t roll off the tongue as… View Post