Category: Creative Rant
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Chasing Light: The Journey
Sooner or later we must realize there is no station, no one place to arrive at once and for all. The true joy of life is the trip. Robert J. Hastings So much has been written about “the journey” as a way to find oneself or as a path of life, and while this post might…
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Diary of a Bad Writer: Cats Are Bookish…Right?
Diary of a Bad Writer: Cats Are Bookish…Right? Absolutely, and you can blame the rodent delicacy of book binding glue for that little fact.
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Diary of a Bad Writer: Hear My Heart
The wolf won’t ever have to fight for his food, if he can convince the sheep that the sheepdog is the enemy. Officer Parker I’m not one to blog about my political position, especially since I am on the political frontlines within a law enforcement agency, but today I am hoping you’ll simply hear my…
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The Green Mile by Stephen King
“Sometimes there is absolutely no difference at all between salvation and damnation.” Paul Edgecombe, The Green Mile I’ve been troubled over the past week, as I’m sure many of you have. So, with my heart hurting for both for the family of George Floyd and for my brothers and sisters in blue, I felt I…
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Diary of A Bad Writer: Fear, Caution, and Responsibility
Pandemic. COVID-19. Coronavirus. All words which have become commonplace in our vernacular in recent months, and spewing forth from these terms is the unintended consequence of Fear. You writers will notice that Fear is capitalized. This is a technique where a writer capitalizes an abstract word to personify it. Thus we have Fear. And Fear,…
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Diary of a Bad Writer: It’s a Small World Afterall
This is mass hysteria promulgated by the viral nature of social media and mainstream media, and now stores simply cannot restock fast enough. With no strong leader standing up to thwart the propelment of media enticed fear, what did you think would happen?
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Diary of a Bad Writer: NaNoWriMo
I’ve always had a bit of a rebellious streak in me. An argument could actually be made that most writers do (at least the good ones). So, when November rolls around, I’m not quick to jump on the National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) bandwagon.
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Diary of a Bad Writer: Progress
Progress. At this moment Progress eludes me. I have several bits and pieces of a variety of random thoughts, yet no singular progress gained. Ray Bradbury is one of my all-time favorite authors. His quote speaks so deeply to where I am at this moment in my writing life.
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Diary of a Bad Writer: Not Another New Year’s Resolution
It seems so cliché – posts, tweets, sermons, commercials and movies all taunt the New Year’s Resolution. Personally, I do not make New Year’s Resolutions, but I do take the time to reflect which is the true intent of the resolution concept. Resolutions tend to be synonymous with lack of follow-through. This year instead of…
Peace In The Margins 