Welcome to The Old Blog
Below you will find entry into The Old Blog. These posts cover the entirety of The Big Change from Life Afloat to The Hiatus. It’s a long read so take your time and come back often. While it’s a big ask on my part, understanding how I ended up where – and why – I did will simplify the so-called narrative arc and make a lot less work for me trying to explain all that in each and every current post. So strap in and get started but be warned: there be dragons here.
The Old Blog is shown starting with the oldest post. This – rather thoughtful move on my part – means that, when read in order, you get to see how the whole story with all its twists, turns, and confusing diversions simply falls into place. Sort of like tossing a jigsaw puzzle into the air and having it land with each piece exactly where it belongs.
But that’s life.
Thanks for reading.
Ain’t Misbehavin’, I’m Changin’ My Ways for You
In which the author discusses the many pitfalls, not-so-oblique insults, and polite lies that do not serve to move a writer’s career forward.
It Takes Two Two
In which the author finally realizes that, regardless of the number of attempts, he will never be one of the two at anything that it takes two to do.
Read ’em and Weep
In which the author laments the fate of libraries fading into history faster than the farriers did and an apparent solution to his own digital irrelevancy.
Death and Taxes, Maybe
In which the author details the – admittedly marginally legal – accounting system that allows writers to live for free, forever.
Things That Make You Go Boom
In which the author reveals that his simple attempt to make fiction believable can get him into as much, if not more, trouble than actually doing the nefarious deed he is writing about.
Decisions, Decisions, Decisions
In which the author discusses how a single decision made decades earlier can affect the course of history, and how humanity, with it’s awesome power of forethought, never uses that power.