“Adversity is the state in which man mostly easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then.” — John Wooden Still sick, and I’m reaching the point where I’m having to admit I may not make a win this year. If I write an average of 3,237 words a day, I can cross the finish line before December 1, but...

“The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don’t want, drink what you don’t like, and do what you’d rather not.” — Mark Twain Today, I want to write, have a good dinner, and go see the latest Harry Potter. I’m doing none of those. I’m resting, eating bland food, taking cold medicine and not doing the...

“I love deadlines. I especially like the whooshing sound they make as they go flying by.” — Douglas Adams I have always been a huge fan of Douglas Adams. Most folks remember him for his brilliant Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and The Dirk Gently Holistic Detective Agency, but he was also responsible for the wonderful Doctor Who episode...

“Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds.” — Siddhartha Buddha Some days, you have to remember what you have accomplished in the past and not dwell on what you didn’t. Yesterday was a crash and burn day for me. I worked from home, which would usually mean I could sneak in a few hundred words during the course of...

It’s been a hard week. I try to look on the good side — I have a good income coming in, I have my health (kinda) — but today it’s a little hard. My head is pounding, there are last-minute crises at work and the book I’d been enjoying reached a point where it abruptly turned into a wall-banger. The problem with ebooks? You can’t...