Monday, June 25, 2012

 

Writer's Block


I have had Writer's block since 2008 on one novel.  I had hoped to work on it during my recent vacation and only outlined part of the story.  then, I never got around to working on it.  I never did...

I keep trying to goose myself into working on this story but always get stopped my what I preceive as the shear magnitude of the task. I suppose if I simply break the job down into little  segments, then I would have an easier time of it. Alas, even the simplest little segments to write are hard. What was that statement:
"In war, all things are simple but even the simplest things are hard."
[or words to this effect]

I remember being told about a simple technique for starting writing. That is, to start write mindlessly and hopefully, this would lead into creative writing. By writing "mindlessly", I mean writing the same sentences over and over until I find myself in the mood to begin writing creatively.   I am referring to the sentgences we had to type up and send as test tapes when I was a Navy teletype operator:
THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPED OVER THE LAZY DOG'S BACK 1234567890 TIMES.
NOW IS THE TIME FOR ALL GOOD MEN TO COME TO THE AID OF THEIR COUNTRY.

# posted by Mike @ 8:11 AM

Friday, June 22, 2012

 

1 Timothy 54: Godly advise a man can live with!





This is Bible Advise I can live with, even if I don't like the taste of most wine and end up needing a Pepto Bismo chaser after drinking most wine. Red wine is generally too sour ("dry"), white wine too sweet and about the only wine I enjoy is  White Zin. But, I'm diabetic so I can't drink much of it. I guess I'll just have to struggle along with gin-and-tonic or beer: Land Shark, MGD, Mic Lager. Apparently, the makers of "Henry Winehart's Private Reserve" have improved the recipe so much that most previous fans will not touch it!

Having said this, I am pleased to present my favourite part of 1 Timothy:






Book 54  1 Timothy

54:005:023 Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine other infirmities."

This is taken from the King James translation of the Bible as published in Project Gutenberg.

# posted by Mike @ 9:14 AM

Saturday, June 02, 2012

 

excellent quote


“I know for a fact that the old man hated the very idea of martial law. He believed in freedom, democracy and all that good stuff.”
Col. Saul Tigh

# posted by Mike @ 10:30 AM

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