Category: Beginnings

A new week means new goals. It is time to be proactive, gear up, and do some things I don’t like doing. The first thing I have to do is identify, well, you. Who are you? At the moment you’re imaginary. But that’s okay. I have a great imagination. So who are my readers? My…

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Good Shabbas. Spent the morning cleaning windows and running errands. Not the holiest of activities. But very satisfying. Watching movies later. Got some seventy year old westerns. I find it weird to watch a film where all the people in it are dead. I do this often. I like old movies. But it’s still weird.…

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I feel like I’m being boring. I feel like I’m being boring probably because I am boring. I lead a very routine, rather milktoast, life. And I like that way. I spend a lot of energy making sure my Characters are not boring. Brix is not boring. Brix is awesome. But I am not Brix.…

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It bothers me that on day two, I switched from words to numerals –Day 2 instead of Day Two. Then I switched back on Day Three. I thought about going with Day 4 and claiming that even days would be numbers and odd days would be words. But naa. I generally try not to compound…

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I can’t find the path to edit the books in progress section of this website. I may not be very smart. I will contact my IT help desk today. But it’s quite frustrating. Almost a frustrating as not being able to write today. Don’t think I’m going to be able to find the time. Lots…

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Woke up Wrote Worked Out Yesterday was a good day. Today I will be in the classroom siphoning the optimism off of my students. And imparting knowledge to young minds. Later I’ll be having dinner with my wife and walk around the block as the sun goes down. Tonight, while watching British Television, I intend…

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So coming soon I will be a book festival in Baton Rouge. To prepare for this event I am committing to returning to this website on a daily basis to provide updates on things going on. I fear I am screaming into the void and not speaking to anyone at all. But I have to…

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I’ve been hesitant to post this entry because it raises some uncomfortable questions. But here goes anyway. I am very concerned about representation in literature. I think more people need to see more characters that look like them, sound like them, and value what they value in our popular stories.I am a white, Jewish, cis…

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More Choices Characters have always been easy for me to create. I find the process a bit like shopping with a giant catalog of demographic facts, stories, and traumas and then playing mix and match with these things until you have interesting people. Character creation has always been my favorite part of role playing games.…

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My first writing professor told me that the act of writing was really the act of making decisions. I not only believed him, I took this lesson to heart. After I finished writing The Bread Will Rise, I decided I wanted to write a Chamber Piece –a Chamber Piece is an old term for a…

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