Merry Christmas…

[My Leap Year is a 12-month life project (begun 11/01/07) at the end of which I intend to be writing full-time. 365 small steps = 1 giant leap.]
…AKA Small Step 55!
I’ve been feeling it for a while now, but it’s finally starting to coalesce: there’s a shift happening in my thinking, my worldview, and I’m [...]

My Leap Year: Small Steps 45-49

[My Leap Year is a 12-month life project (begun 11/01/07) at the end of which I intend to be writing full-time. 365 small steps = 1 giant leap.]
Just popping in to say hello. I’m on the road now for the holidays, so postings will be brief, far apart and/or nonexistent until I’m back in LA [...]

My Leap Year: Small Step 44

[My Leap Year is a 12-month life project (begun 11/01/07) at the end of which I intend to be writing full-time. 365 small steps = 1 giant leap.]
“Writing is a process of outwitting the process of not writing.” -Neil Gaiman, from Neil Gaiman on His Work and Career

My Leap Year: Small Steps 40-43

[My Leap Year is a 12-month life project (begun 11/01/07) at the end of which I intend to be writing full-time. 365 small steps = 1 giant leap.]
First off, I support the writers’ strike. Due especially to where I believe it’s all heading (here, here and here). But on a practical level it means my [...]

My Leap Year: Small Steps 35-39

[My Leap Year is a 12-month life project (begun 11/01/07) at the end of which I intend to be writing full-time. 365 small steps = 1 giant leap.]

So. My writing retreat.
It went even better than I thought it would, though at first (because all the initial [then backup] plans I had made for how it [...]

My Leap Year: Small Steps 29-34

[My Leap Year is a 12-month life project (begun 11/01/07) at the end of which I intend to be writing full-time. 365 small steps = 1 giant leap.]
Sunday it snowed for the first time this winter. Here’s the view from our bedroom window:

The seasons, they are a-changin’.
My wife will be out for town for five [...]