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Snow Birds Return: My Mom and Dad are returning Saturday after spending several months in Florida. http://tinyurl.com/23xewsh

Breaking Bad is Great: If you haven’t been watching Breaking Bad, you’ve been missing one of the be.. http://tinyurl.com/y79l6c7

Alice and The Doctor Very Cool: Just saw Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland today and thought it was very c.. http://tinyurl.com/y2vsgju

Lost and Soaked: Well, the good news is, I found that FedEx package that disappeared in Friday’s insane r.. http://tinyurl.com/y2ubk9m

Stormicide: What an evening! http://tinyurl.com/y6pz733

Lost Mystifies: I just watched this week’s Lost, and I’m kind of mystified.  I’m not sure whe.. http://tinyurl.com/y3xndta

Future Tense: To say I’m in a weird phase right now would be a ridiculous understatement.  On the one han.. http://tinyurl.com/y59bt9f

Ode to a Grecian Virus: Ah, sweet computer viruses…how wonderful you are.  How splendidly you manage to s.. http://tinyurl.com/y5xbloh

Work at Home: Ugh.  I had to work on day job stuff at home over the weekend.  In fact, I just finished working .. http://tinyurl.com/y7or8jp

Tandoor ‘Toona: Finally, we have an Indian restaurant within an hour’s drive of Johnstown!  Wendy a.. http://tinyurl.com/ydowm5m

Caprica Meh: Why do I keep watching Caprica on the SyFy Channel?  It doesn’t grab me the way its predeces.. http://tinyurl.com/y268k4e

The Right Thing: Sometimes, doing the right thing can feel like the exact wrong thing to do.  This week, for ex.. http://tinyurl.com/yc5jzs4

Revisions Revisions: I’m still revising that novel I posted about the other day, trying to bring it up to.. http://tinyurl.com/ygoam4a

Still Churning: I put in some time tonight working on revising the novel I wrote about in yesterday’s pos.. http://tinyurl.com/ylso5go

Reworking a Novel: I guess I’ve decided what my next project will be.  After much consideration, I’.. http://tinyurl.com/yhznlad

Peepers!: I heard the Spring peepers for the first time tonight…always a good sign!  I’m never sure.. http://tinyurl.com/yzr2tqx

Easter Slowdown: As the Easter holiday approaches, I’m winding down my marketing efforts, guessing http://tinyurl.com/ylb6g79

Human Barometer: I seem to be a human barometer sometimes.  When a storm’s on the way, I get sinus headac.. http://tinyurl.com/ykv5wht

Project Guilt: Right now, I’m between big writing projects, and I’m feeling guilty because of it.  .. http://tinyurl.com/ye4qym3

Marketing Monster: In a perfect world, I would have enough time to tackle all aspects of my writing career dail.. http://tinyurl.com/ygeq2r5

Destination Future In the House!: Great news!  The new science fiction anthology, Destination Future, is now av.. http://tinyurl.com/ycwcyzf

Edison’s Frankenstein Rises!: A story of mine appears in the new anthology, Edison’s Frankenstein, .. http://tinyurl.com/y8d3fcn

Snave Is Home: My 90-year-old father-in-law, Bob Snavely, returned home from the hospital today for the first t.. http://tinyurl.com/ydlzt5k

First Day in the Pool!: It’s true!  Today was my first day in the pool for the season!  Talk about an ear.. http://tinyurl.com/yjojeo6

What A Week!: This week was a tough one, that’s for sure!  It was a challenge dealing with everything tha.. http://tinyurl.com/yzwe2og

StoryOrgy Marches On!: Just a reminder that three of my stories are now available for the Kindle via Amazon.com.. http://tinyurl.com/yhndqq9

Good News: My father-in-law, Bob Snavely, who went in for emergency colon surgery last week, is doing much bett.. http://tinyurl.com/ya2j892

Rose-Head Debuts!: This just in!  My story, “Why the Cop With a Rose for a Head Wears a Rose-Head Mask,&#.. http://tinyurl.com/ydc8cgl

“Fear of Rain” Now Available!: Another story of mine is now available at Smashwords.com! http://tinyurl.com/yges2e8

Off the Radar: Well, I guess I’ve been off the radar lately, but with good reason.  My father-in-law, Bob.. http://tinyurl.com/yeam5al

Double Dining Day: Looking forward to two meals on the town with great company tomorrow!  First, I’ll be .. http://tinyurl.com/yaj23bl

End of Tunnel=Light?: Could it be?  After a long, hard winter, could the snow possibly be melting?  After a sho.. http://tinyurl.com/ybo2tu2

Flat Tire!: The rear tire on the passenger’s side of my wife’s car went flat yesterday, a few hours.. http://tinyurl.com/y8ongrw

My Poor Pool: This morning, I bundled up and went out to tackle a project I’ve long avoided: digging out .. http://tinyurl.com/y9fznzf

Worn. Out.: This week has kicked my butt.  I’m seriously dragging at this point and looking forward to th.. http://tinyurl.com/yjuzl7t

Crazy crazy week: Work has been utterly insane this week!  It’s been eating into my evenings and wearing .. http://tinyurl.com/ybcckqb

Tough Day!: My first day back to work after the Oregon writing workshop was sure a doozy!  From the moment I wa.. http://tinyurl.com/ya9bm44

Back from the Workshop!: I’m back!  Yep, I made it back from the big workshop I attended last weekend in .. http://tinyurl.com/ygr8f8z

Packing Blues: Why is it that no matter how far in advance I start packing for a trip, I still end up scramblin.. http://tinyurl.com/ycuoaeq

Catching Up Like A Nut!: Something I do when I’m working on an all-consuming long-form writing project is.. http://tinyurl.com/yzb7655

In the Chute: Time to travel! http://tinyurl.com/ylyvvdj

Taxation and Serial Killer: I still have a long way to go till I finish my taxes, but I managed to start them t.. http://tinyurl.com/ydtqpcb

Overfished: Today, I had a ginormous fish sandwich for lunch…one of those sandwiches that’s basical.. http://tinyurl.com/yzwmd5q

One Good Deed: Sometimes, all it takes is one person doing one good deed to turn me around.  It’s easy so.. http://tinyurl.com/yjlpoxb

LOST Has Still Got It!: I just watched this week’s episode of LOST and loved every minute!  The show̵.. http://tinyurl.com/ygvamto

Time Crunching Cooties: No matter how hard I try, I can’t make a dent in my to-do list.  I’m workin.. http://tinyurl.com/yeu3n3r

Another Storm?: Looks like more snow’s headed our way tomorrow.  Will it be a storm, or just a shower?  I.. http://tinyurl.com/yky5x64

Greatest Serial Killer Now on Kindle!: A few days ago, I announced the release of my uncut science fiction/horr.. http://tinyurl.com/yguxabl

Serial Killer on Sale in Time for Val Day!: “The Greatest Serial Killer in the Universe” can be you.. http://tinyurl.com/ykafqju

Blizzardmania: Enough with the blizzards already!  All this snow removal and dicey driving is bringing me down!.. http://tinyurl.com/ycqllgo

SFWA Featured Author: I’ve been added to the website of the Science Fiction Writers of America (SFWA) as .. http://tinyurl.com/yj6y59g

Long Lost: Wendy and I had lunch Sunday with http://tinyurl.com/yz9gzoj

Amazon Author Page Debut!: My author page just went live at Amazon.com!  You can find it right here.  Took some.. http://tinyurl.com/yebfqt9

Productivity Bunches: One good thing about a blizzard: it forces writers like me to stay indoors and work on th.. http://tinyurl.com/ykx3bbr

Snow’s A-Comin’!: Looks like we’re in for some heavy snow again, starting Friday morning.  So.. http://tinyurl.com/yjsrxjb

Smidgen’s Happy Day!: My story, “The Love Quest of Smidgen the Snack Cake,” tied for ninth pl.. http://tinyurl.com/ycvyegu

Distractamundo!: Having a tough time staying on track with the short story I’m writing!  Every time I get.. http://tinyurl.com/yfxzzef

Lost Starts Tomorrow!: Finally, after what felt like a century of waiting, the new season of LOST is about to b.. http://tinyurl.com/y9xgl6s

Motivation Fail: My motivation is bottoming out right about now.  Having trouble keeping rolling on my current .. http://tinyurl.com/ydgfq46

Ball is Rolling: Though today was a terribly busy day, I did manage to get the ball rolling on my new short sto.. http://tinyurl.com/ydgqmel

Classic Avoidance: Right now, I should be writing a story for the upcoming workshop I’ll be attending.  C.. http://tinyurl.com/ylkpmbd

ARRGGH!: I haven’t written a lick in 3 days, and it’s making me crazy!  My productivity has been at.. http://tinyurl.com/ylpkmeq

Full Steam Ahead: After finishing the first draft of the graphic novel, I had a little down time Monday, then s.. http://tinyurl.com/yzuzm44

Out of Sorts!: Now that I’ve finished the first draft of my latest long-form writing project, a graphic n.. http://tinyurl.com/ybjpp97

Draft 1 Done!: Literally just finished draft one of the graphic novel script I’ve been writing since earl.. http://tinyurl.com/yka3gql

Wanted is Wanted: I just got around to seeing the film Wanted on DVD, and I really wanted to hate it.  I loved .. http://tinyurl.com/ybkkhaf

Pool Ups and Downs: As you might recall, I love to swim.  Two or three times a week, I swim at the local YMCA, .. http://tinyurl.com/yd49fz2

Caprica: Will it Rock?: The new prequel to the awesome show Battlestar Galactica premieres Friday night on SyFy.. http://tinyurl.com/yhrqzlg

Shave Up!: My tweet serial, Shave, is almost done!  Be sure to check it out ASAP on Twitter!  The last few inst.. http://tinyurl.com/ybnmc5k

TMI-itis: A Scourge: In the old days of the 1980s, good information about writing and publishing was hard to co.. http://tinyurl.com/yelchsy

Publishers Weekly Review Goodness!: A story of mine has been called out in a starred review in the lastest Publ.. http://tinyurl.com/yz5re49

To Do List Blues: Here I am at the end of day 2 of my weekend, and my To Do list still stands proudly before me.. http://tinyurl.com/ybn47gg

Thawsday!: Today was a warm, sunny day in central Pennsylvania, and I loved it!  Temperatures were downright ba.. http://tinyurl.com/ygzhqkc

500 Pages!: Time to celebrate another milestone in my current project.  I just crossed the 500-page mark in the.. http://tinyurl.com/y8dxjdx

Smidgen Says: Vote for the Snack Cake!: Just a reminder that you can still vote in the Preditors and Editors re.. http://tinyurl.com/yln7o28

Bill and Brea: This evening, Wendy and I had dinner with some good friends of ours:  the author Bill Keith and .. http://tinyurl.com/ycedcg2

Same Old Hangup: In spite of the discipline I employ in my writing life, I’m still having trouble with th.. http://tinyurl.com/yellv59

While My DVR Gently Weeps: Why is my DISH Network DVR weeping?  Because it’s overloaded with shows and mo.. http://tinyurl.com/yexvyym

Writing-Free Saturday: Once in a while, an unexpected writing-free day comes along…and today was one of t.. http://tinyurl.com/ykfk464

You Need A Shave!: I hope you’ll remember to check out my Twitter serial, Shave, which continues to run a.. http://tinyurl.com/yche58d

Preditors Poll Meets Smidgen!: Preditors and Editors, a fantastic writers’ resource website, is conductin.. http://tinyurl.com/ydkpszh

Avatar Saturday!: I’m scheduled to see Avatar with my bro, Scott, on Saturday, barring horrific weather. .. http://tinyurl.com/yeby3yr

Winterpocalypse: Here in Johnstown, it’s been a while since we’ve had an old-fashioned winter.  For.. http://tinyurl.com/ybnzb2o

Captain Midnight Strikes Again!: The world of fiction writing can be an uncertain place.  Sometimes, projects t.. http://tinyurl.com/ya2v6ua

The 400 Mark: Today, I passed a milestone in the graphic novel I’m writing…the 400-page mark in the.. http://tinyurl.com/yadxb7g

Shave it!: My Twitter serial, Shave, now appears with brand-new installments daily on Thaumatrope, the Twitter-.. http://tinyurl.com/ychlnmq

Shave Yourself!: As I’ve mentioned in recent posts, today’s the big premiere of my Twitter serial, .. http://tinyurl.com/yap6sg4