I turned 48 years old yesterday (March 18th here in Japan). It was a beautiful spring day and I spent it mostly alone. And it was fantastic. I love my wife and son dearly of course. but I need time to

An excerpt from a flash fiction piece I published in The Junction on Medium. Click the link to read the rest. I didn’t even cry. Just went and sat on the back porch with a glass of iced Tang and looked

I have no idea what to expect. Some Indian music plays in the background, a sitar, warbly singing, Mantras maybe. We sit in a circle on a large white couch. The Deeksha Givers ask us to close our eyes

A short story I published in the Junction on Medium.

A short rant/essay I posted on Medium. This is a short excerpt. I admit I spend way too much time searching for that one technique or trick that will drive readers my way. And all this “dog chasing its

As the old cliche goes, “Life is too short.” I say shake hands with the plain and timid, but befriend the bold, the crazy, and the wild passionate souls. Those are the ones that will take you places that

A short personal essay I originally published on Medium. "A blood vessel in his brain burst during the flight from Japan and he was dead three days. After a few minutes, Kai wants to stop swinging.

7 Steps to Write a Novel

This is another article I posted on Medium a while back about the struggles of trying to make it as a creative type.

A semi-sarcastic piece I originally published on Medium If an infinite number of monkeys flung an infinite amount of shit at an infinite number of canvases, eventually all of Jackson Pollock’s work would

This is an irrigation canal near my house in Japan. Normally the water is pretty murky and often full of garbage. But last spring as the cherry blossoms dropped into the water it became a fantastic pink

Steembot Overload

This is a blog peice I wrote for a friend of mine a few months back. The title for that one was "The Battle to Get Published". So you want to be a writer? Better yet, you want to be a published

Another story I wrote published in Medium about the homeless in SF.

A short article I published in The Writer's Cooperative about how hard it is to make it as a novelist.

I don't know much about cryptocurrency or investing, but an ETF seems like it would be an easy way for the average person to get their feet so to speak. Kind of sad really.

My one attempt at writing a sci fi short story.

Meme challenge #59 Entry #2

Meme challenge #59 Entry #1