A Productive Day… Just Not in Words

I’m winding down for the day, and I wanted to start the habit of an end-of-day post to share my writing progress. Sadly, today’s progress is not what I would’ve liked. I wrote 3,217 words of new fiction, which brought my monthly total to 86,682 words...

Challenges & Role Models

It is always important to challenge ourselves. And beyond those challenges we choose, there are always some we struggle to overcome. For example, I am constantly fighting what I call “sleep drift.” When left to my own devices, my sleep cycle will settle...

Improving One’s Craft

This is an old post involving my struggles to increase my output. I originally published it on 14 March 2019. It’s always good to improve.  Whether you’re a woodworker, a painter, or even a writer.  Each person is better than s/he thinks s/he is, but...

Why I Write

I orginally published this post on 11 October 2016. It is one of the posts I brought over from my old site (Valthon’s Net, https://valthon.net) which no longer exists. A good friend told me that I need to express myself publicly not too long ago. As those who...