More September Stuff

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Although I've already posted a few September updates I've posted on Medium, here are a few more for your viewing pleasure!

September 2025 Medium posts

• Haiku: High and Dry So much water the cactus thrives?

• It’s the Little Things in Life A quick and inexpensive meal

• Haiku: Spider Dreams In a galaxy not so far away

• Poetry's Conundrum Who reads poetry?

And here's one on Patreon about the Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention!

I'll also be posting a monthly update on Patreon soon. I put a link here for you when it's ready. 

Please feel free to let me know what interests you by leaving a comment!

TIA!

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An Early September Update

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For those who still look here for news, I've decided to give an update on what I've been working on that might be of interest before my main monthly update on Patreon gets posted.

On Medium, I've posted a few things (2 articles and a haiku):

• All I Hear Are Crickets

• Haiku: Clouds, Clouds, Go Away?

• Idioms: The Skin of My Teeth

I am:

• Working on a Shore Leave update (Patreon) and might have other convention news available by the time my monthly update comes out.

• Looking at a possible short story submission. I have to think about how well it fits the guidelines.

• Working on an article about poetry's conundrum (who reads poetry) for Medium. It might not be popular with some poets, but I hope it gives readers something to think about. Whether it's ready this month or next, I'm not sure...

• I've even been playing with a few sketches! Who knows where that might lead.

• Trying to decide if I should reconfigure my Patreon site (can't go back if I don't like it).

Also, feel free to leave a comment on whether you think it's worthwhile to continue on Blogger or just use Patreon as my default blog site. It would be much appreciated!

That's all. Carry on!

Photo Credit:

Photo by Andrii Babarytskyi on Unsplash

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Yes, I'm Still Here

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I know I haven't been blogging on Blogger much this year (or last), but I'm still here and have actually written a few things!

And where do you find my writing? The best places are at these sites:

Medium  (Lots of haiku and such...)

Patreon ( I could use a few more followers on Patreon, for sure, so try and join me there, if you can!)

It is also the time of year when the Shore Leave sci-fi convention is ramping up. I will be there again this year, and I will be giving out a few books. Some have my stories in them, some will not. But it's a free book! Or two! I'll probably put a few posts on Patreon about it, but I won't commit to every day like I usually do. I'm getting older, you know!

I do have a favor to ask, however. If you want to support a writer who is trying to make a living at writing, please subscribe to Terri Deno's Patreon site. If you can afford a paying level, that would be great. But even a follow where you can read about her writing exploits would help. She really needs support! Thanks in advance!

As always, let me know if there is something/anything you'd like to see on my blog here—or elsewhere! I'm open to suggestions, so please be suggestive. But keep it PG-rated.

Photo credits:

The photo used at the top of this post is by bruce mars on Unsplash. It is the same photo I've used for some time for my Patreon site progress updates. It works.

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One More Year Down The Drain

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But it wasn't so bad...

There was Shore Leave, of course. You can read about that HERE.

And you can read my November and December updates via these links. 

Amazon killed off another platform, Kindle Vella. This will hit a lot of writers and made me rethink where I'll submit future works. I had been working on a couple of tales for that platform, but they are on hold. If you follow me, you know that author Terri Deno has been shifting her works to Kindle and Kindle Unlimited. I would imagine others are doing the same. Amazon never seemed to promote Vella very well and the interface was not the best. 

I need to get working on artwork if I'm to have anything new for this year's show at Shore Leave. I have some sketches and ideas, but you can't sell those!

And I'm working on a couple of short stories. I submitted four stories last year and they were all rejected. I'm hoping 2025 will be better.

There has been lots of discussion about AI and how it will affect things in the writing and art world. It's not going away, and we'll have to deal with it.

And today it is snowing. It is a good time to sit and reflect on the past year and what I want to do in the future. I'm getting older and slowing down, so I have to choose what projects I want to focus on carefully!

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