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Anthology of Speculative Scribblings: Shattered Recollections
"The slender child lay stretched out on the dark wooden table staring up at the grand chandelier sparkling in the small shafts of sunlight permitted passage by the ivy crowding the windows. Here and...
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Anthology of Speculative Scribblings: Last Resort Part 1
"Natalie’s sigh didn’t escape Miklin’s hearing as he collapsed into the sole unoccupied armchair. Natalie occupied the other one as she had almost every single day since her accident. That one didn’t...
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NaNoWriMo 2020: Day 1
I ran out of time yesterday to post a proper update, but day 1 went very well! It felt great to knock out a solid chunk on the first day.The project for the month is to continue on with the magical...
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NaNoWriMo 2020: Day 2
Day 2: 5,130Total words for NaNoWriMo so far: 10,421Total words in novel so far: 62,7161/5 of the way done! I'm definitely focused on front loading the month's work this week. I'm aiming for 20k-30k...
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Anthology of Speculative Scribblings: Last Resort Part 2
"Miklin jerked around. A figure beckoned to him from the door of one of the darkened shops. He squinted, trying to see the person’s face, but the light was too bad. However, he did approach the...
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NaNoWriMo 2020: Day 3
Day 3: 8,232Total words for NaNoWriMo so far: 18,653Total words in novel so far: 70,948I meant to blast past 20-25k this first week buuuut just not enough motivation. But today I certainly had...
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NaNoWriMo 2020: Days 4-6
My new temporary job started this week but unexpectedly we had quite a bit of downtime at the beginning of the job so I managed to write quite a bit yesterday and today. Add to that an unexpected day...
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Anthology of Speculative Scribblings: Last Resort Parts 3 & 4
"He closed the door behind him and locked it securely. Thieves were common in this portion of the station, but they rarely did more than check for unlocked doors. He hoped that they wouldn’t steal from...
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NaNoWriMo 2020: Days 7-8
Day 7: 93Day 8: 3,572Total words for NaNoWriMo so far: 30,890Total words in novel so far: 83,184So after a week of pretty much not getting anything written, I finally managed to get back into the...
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NaNoWriMo 2020: Day 9
Day 9: 3,396Total words for NaNoWriMo so far: 34,286Total words in novel so far: 86,580 I'm getting closer to the finish line. Looks like I'll slide over 100k in the novel before hitting 50k for the...
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NaNoWriMo 2020: Day 10
Just barely missed hitting 40k today (which would have been the on target goal actually) because I ran out of time to write. Oh well. Only 10k to go!Day 10: 5,150Total words for NaNoWriMo so far:...
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Anthology of Speculative Scribblings: Last Resort Part 5
"Miklin sighed and scrubbed at his face. “I know, it was stupid, but I felt I couldn’t do nothing. Every night I returned home to see my crippled sister and it drove me crazy. So, I gathered...
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Speculative Scribblings: Snow
“Papa, why did you name me Snow when there is no snow here?” I was only six when I asked that of my father, but even now so many decades later I remember his answer. “Snow is beautiful and so are you....
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Speculative Scribblings: The Twelve Part 1 (teaser)
"A baleful red light solemnly blinking on his datapad greeted Brigadier General Brantley when he returned to his desk. He lowered himself into his chair with a sigh. Yet another report urgently...
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Patreon Exclusive: The Twelve Part 2
"08:30 arrived with a rushing swiftness that left the commander gasping. Or maybe it was only that his dread hastened the speed at which his doom approached. At precisely 08:25, the staff officer...
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Patreon Exclusive: The Twelve Parts 3 & 4
“You fell asleep?” Brantley tried to keep the amusement out of his voice. “Yes, sir. I tried my hardest to stay awake, though. I can walk quiet when I want to so I patrolled around the barrack checking...
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Patreon Exclusive: The Twelve Part 5
“Sir, as I said before, I have no solid facts to present, but I did decide to...go off the beaten path so to speak and search for any similar happenings in the past. Of course, I found absolutely zero...
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Patreon Exclusive: The Twelve Part 6
"Instead of meeting two days later, Brig. Gen. Brantley was rudely jerked awake by a priority message alarm in the middle of the night. He groggily hit the button to activate a voice only channel and...
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Patreon Exclusive: The Twelve Part 7
"Thompson found that it opened into a rough natural passageway in the rock which led downward and to the northwest. His tracker isn’t working that far down in the rock because we didn’t equip him with...
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Looking Ahead to 2022
I can hardly believe that 2021 flew by so fast. I landed a new job, got rid of an old one, and the time flew by in a blur while I was adjusting. I didn't get much written in the last half of the year...
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