I'm reading THE NARROWS by Michael Connelly; and while the story is good, I'm distracted by the logic of why the voice of the narration keeps flip-flopping between first person and third person. Who's telling the story?

Victorian history is so interesting!

I love these bookazines. The last one about Salem was also good. #Booksky

Received a rejection from a horror mag for my story about a guy whose head resembles a pumpkin. So many of them seem cut-and-paste that I wonder how often my manuscripts are actually getting read. #WritingCommunity 🤨

My Substack idea: one page for my short fiction and poetry; and separate pages for my novels and novellas, serialized into chapters. #WritingCommunity 🤔

Picked up two new Black Sabbath CDs to add to my writing-music mix. #WritingCommunity

My Moonkin on my favourite mount in the game--the Timely Buzzbee! I remember it took me about a month to get. #WorldofWarcraft

WE DID OK, KID by Anthony Hopkins: A tremendous book, and one I will end up reading a few more times. Thank you, Sir, for writing it.

Having a ball digging into this new Christmas edition of MAD. 🤪

Going to dust off my Moonkin soon!

I love how this copy of SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN came with a copy of the periodic table. ☺️🔬

DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE: What moved me about this film was the way it shows, without a load of sentimental corn, how writers work, drafting and redrafting their material. It's also about how beautiful things--music, books, poetry--emerge from unhappy times.

Happy I was able to finish this rough draft as my second novella this morning. I’ll print it out to start the editing process at a later date. Going to take a vacation from my writing till next year. 🥳

Hit 14K words this morning and feel like I really got things on a roll now!

This morning I enjoyed a nice wintry walk, did some push-ups and sit-ups, and wrote a few pages. The writing session went pretty well with some Bing Crosby Christmas music. And, I found a lit mag I may try submitting to by the end of the month. Also, this message will self-destruct in five seconds.

11K words so far into this new rough draft, and I feel like it may have potential for my third novel. 🙂

Meet my new pet, Hooty the Owl. He’s going to sit on the Christmas tree on my desk and help me edit my manuscripts. He also inspired a character in this new story I’ve been working on. 🦉 #WritingCommunity

I thought it was cool there was a character named Edwin King in this old 50s VAULT OF HORROR comic book I was reading last night. 😯

I enjoyed Ozzy’s new memoir so much that I had to buy and read his first one too. It was cool when I was watching old episodes of THE OSBOURNES and finding out that his son Jack grew up with an identical teddy bear as mine. It’s the only time I’ve ever seen another. #Booksky

If you have the chance to read it, there is a brilliant article in the recent issue of SKEPTIC that explores the importance and benefits of boredom in our lives and minds. The article is “Boredom,” by Nicolas Lynch.

I managed five pages this morning. That’s pretty good compared to some of my other recent writing sessions. I then hit the jackpot with candy-cane Viva Puffs on my morning outing. 😊

I just discovered a typo in a manuscript I had written earlier this year for a girl I liked. 😱

I can’t help but notice architectural blunders and physics gaffes in computer-generated ambient videos and it kinda spoils the mood.

“(whinny noise)” —Wilford Brimley’s 🐴

“Blblblbl!!!” —Wilford Brimley’s Mustache

Pics from the Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction Vol. 3 book launch at @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social. Thank you to @ourmankoto.bsky.social for bringing this project together! Met so many awesome authors, including my fellow finalists in the Aurora Awards! #fantasyscifi #booklaunch

I’m skeptical of this skeptical article that I’m reading in SKEPTIC. 🤔

Happy I was able to finally find the holiday collection of THE BIG BANG THEORY on DVD. Unplugging from the Internet and enjoying physical media is great. 👍

The trailer to the new Michael Jackson movie looks pretty good. It’s nice that they’re keepin’ it in the family by having him portrayed by his nephew.

This recent issue of LIFE was a good read. 👻

Submitted one of my stories to a horror magazine this morning and it felt good! 🥳 #WritingCommunity

(Replaces the insoles of Stephen King’s shoes with whoopee cushions.)

I wrote a few pages this morning while taking breaks to do some Christmas decorating. I think I should dig out my old holiday CDs soon to change things up in my stereo system. I’m even incorporating a weird Santa in this story. 🎅🏻 Ho-ho-ho!

Proud to say I’ve never brainlessly used a QR code.

@stephenking.bsky.social, I loved your new retelling of this classic. More, please. #Booksky

This morning’s writing session went pretty well. I remembered to flip my desk calendar over to November and saw I had written a note that a horror mag is open for submissions this month. Sometimes I surprise myself.

I had a really fun trip to the comic-book store with my brother and picked up some spooky graphic novels. #HappyHalloween

Happy Halloween! And a HAPPY BIRTHDAY! to my mom! We’re havin‘ carrot cake!

A treat this Halloween would be hearing back about my novels from a publisher. 🎃🍭

My morning walk was nice. I love the fall weather! I'm also loving how my new story is turning out--a space horror.

Read something weird last night. In the TALES FROM THE CRYPT collection I bought, there was an old comic with a German soldier named Hans Gruber. This was published in the 50s and I wonder if it was part inspiration for the DIE HARD character.

Reposting this as a reminder to try out my first Joe Hill book.

NIGHT SHIFT by Stephen King is pure brain protein.

Tonight, for the first time in more than three decades, the Blue Jays are in the World Series. We #WANTITALL.

Hey, everybody! Meet my Moonkin! He inspired a short story I've been trying to have published, and I've been enjoying the Halloween content in World of Warcraft lately. Don't forget to have some fun today! 🎃

Drafted a letter to CBC with some constructive criticism about their writing contest.

No Kings Day message to Trump: Other than your coterie of ass-kissers, nobody likes you.

I have to recommend this magazine. It was fun learning more about the witch trials and the history of the area. I found it strange how Abigail Williams (one of the original accusers) disappeared and there’s no record of her anywhere after the trials. #Booksky 🧙‍♀️

Trump: The gretest con man in American history.