Category: Miscellaneous Updatery

Miscellaneous Updatery…and a Song

Howdy folks!  Trailer Boy here.  It's been a while.  I've been busy adjusting to the new life.  I've found that I've quieted down over the last little while.  I've never…
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Change is the Path Life Takes, Part 4

Tomorrow, I return to work after four years away. I'll be heading into downtown Portland and working in the same position -- with even some of the same programs and…
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Update from the Hope Mine at the Edge of the World

Howdy folks!  Time for a brief update HYMN is coming along nicely and I aim to be finished by the end of November.  Life is life so it could roll…
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Dipping My Toes in Sasquan River….

So last week I attended (as a ghost) my first Worldcon since 2011, when I had the honor of MCing the Hugo Awards with Jay in Reno.  LIfe events, PTSD…
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Resisting the Resistance: A Meandering Trailer Boy Talk on Writer’s Block, Part 2

Several weeks…okay maybe a few months…back, I started this meandering talk on writer’s block…ahem…excuse me…writer’s resistance.  Calling it a block let’s us off the hook too easily.  Oops.  We can’t go…
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An Update on the Crater Climb And Some Good News

Awardiness…. So of course, I should start with some good news.  My friend Jay (Lake) dominates the Endeavour Award ballot shortly on the heels of his Locus Award win.  (Last…
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An Update On The Status Of This Present Disarray

So I’m coming up on the one year anniversary of Jay’s death and I’m pleased to report that I’m digging out of the crater I’ve been laying shellshocked in after…
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Perfect Moment Number Six Thousand Seven Hundred and Five

My life is full of perfect moments scattered amid the less than perfect ones and the sometimes brutal ones. The perfect moment of finishing my first short story. The perfect…
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