As I said one person's fun is another person's not so much. Here are five fun things I either once did or still do enjoy.                                                                                                                            The simplicity of plain fun.               Lord, thank you for it all. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.  

                                   You know those people. The ones who organize "fun" things like game nights, Super Bowl parties, concerts, weekend trips to exciting places. Fun is number one to them, and they're darn sure going to be doing or finding something fun to do most of their down time. Accompanying those fun activities are lots of…

  I know I'm dating myself with this graphic of Jefferson Airplane before they became Jefferson Starship, but let's talk about fun. A three letter word that will collect an assembly of responses no one could possibly catalogue. One person's fun is another person's anathema. We have expressions that have surfaced to apply to types…

   Writing is fun. Except when it's not of course. What's definitely not so fun is the process of getting published. Of getting rejections. Of writing query letters and synopses. Of creating blurbs. Of soliciting your work. Which is why e-publishing has its selling points for serious writers. Yes, it can be an opportunity for the wannabe…

   Sometimes when the words don't form, the plot doesn't thicken, the blanks are shot in place of loaded prose, writing isn't much fun. But when the pictures are painted with perfect metaphors or similes or sassy repartee, writing is as fun as fun can get. How to get from blanks to bluster is the…

Be very careful, then, how you live – not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.   Ephesians 5:15 (NIV)

   Never watched a lot of cartoons, but this picture seemed appropriate given the title of the post. There's a time for backing off whatever it is we're striving to attain, achieve, or acquire. Call it a re-evaluation period, a rest period, a change of pace period, or a regrouping period. Regardless of the motive…

                     Back at Novel Rocket today. Hope you'll visit me there.   Lord, so grateful for all these avenues. Thank you. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.

   How many times have you been instructed or thought on your own you needed a backup plan. Who wants a backup plan? Most of the time it means your preferred plan failed to materialize and you're relying on a less than favored substitute. Although it could mean, Plan A wasn't all that hot either and…

    There are a multitude of rules concerning backstory in novels. How much to include, when to insert it, why it needs – or doesn't need - to be there, and of course what not to do with backstory. You know how I feel about rules, but let me attempt to be reasonable about this element…