Monthly Archive: December 2011

Blocks, and the Removal of Them

The last few weeks have been difficult as far as creativity goes. Stressful deadlines at work have led to a lot of overtime and some serious burn out. Loneliness and a family tragedy have put a dark pall over the last few days and made anything besides going to work seem like a Herculean task. …

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A Plethora of Accomplishments (and Parentheses)

I got a lot of things done this week; unfortunately, few of them were writing related. (Instead, I got all of my Christmas shopping done except for the stuff I’ve picked out and will buy in Oregon, shipped out all presents and cards that needed to be mailed, had dinner at a friend’s house, went …

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