Posts under ‘Issues’

I’ll kick this off, finally, with something that has been on my mind a lot lately: hope and motivation. There’s this phenomenon with creative types where they need to keep themselves going.  That’s to say, when everything around them is crushing or there’s little to be excited or have faith in but something keeps them [...]

On the heels of the intended content relaunch for this site, I was diagnosed with a gastric ulcer.  So, that derailed all my efforts.  A week of eating nothing but vegetables and rice is nearly at an end and my stomach is finally quieting down. This derailment doesn’t mean I won’t be writing about the [...]

I’ve been reading people’s complaints about Lost and feel I must chime in. After all, if there are to be this many detractors, someone has to come to its aid. Lost has, since immediately after season 1, completely gone off the rails. I don’t mean that in the sense that story or suspense has become [...]

Taking a break now, I’d like to tell you all what is and has been going on in the world of David and the great balloon heist…err, the move to L.A. There have been many conversations and folks sent my way by way of conversations with folks that have lead me to understand, a bit, [...]

I wouldn’t call myself a children’s book writer, but I have been writing stories for tweens for the last two years (only one of the five have been published…ugh) and I’ve learned something that needs to be addressed: kids are smart. My editors, who I value as friends and bosses, and the higher-ups have made [...]

There are a lot of places to get news on the events unfolding in Iran, but I wanted to supply a couple that I’ve found the most forthcoming. Obviously, twitter has been incredible. I’m following some tapped in folks, all relaying information the second they receive it; I’ll usually retweet was fascinates me. Aside from [...]

Just as a note, I’ve posted up the new ‘Page of the Month‘ and continue to struggle to find time to really devote myself to this novel.  After all, with all the school work and work elsewhere it’s just about finding time and devoting myself to it.  There are these pangs of “yes, I can [...]

The Soul Pancake folks brought Fifty People One Question to my attention, a site that mirrors, in some ways, one aspect of Soul Pancake, and I felt it necessary to point you all in that direction.  The point is to ask one (or two, in many cases) question of fifty people and film their responses.  [...]

Update: The New York Times has collected bloggers’ responses to the possible nomination, and are asking your opinions. The New York Times and CNN are reporting that Dr. Sanjay Gupta has been approached about the vacant Surgeon General position by President Elect Obama’s Transition Team.  Why does this matter?  There are two reasons: the position [...]

Since the holidays, the same holidays I don’t celebrate, began I’ve found myself busied by the giving of tours, purchasing clothes and presents for upcoming birthdays, and generally being lazy. It’s infuriating and lacking the structure that made having a job in an office so much easier. So, I sit here on the train, right [...]