Broken Crayons

Much like last year, the holidays have got me in an artistic funk. And much like last year, I’ve let that funk keep me from enjoying any sort of creativity as well as enjoying the holidays.

The whole scenario has got me thinking about my own priorities and where the many things in my life lie.

How ya like that title, eh? Thought provoking.

Thanksgiving weekend was nice. I needed the break. Work has been crazy for the past few months and only recently began to let up.

I got to spend a little time with my Mom. I don’t make time for her very often, though I know I should. Our family isn’t close, never has been, but it’s nice to get to see her.

I’ve started this post at least five times in the last ten minutes which is possibly another sign of the trend I’ve noticed. I can’t decide what I want to do. I mean, I know that I have all this creative energy that I need to find a home for, but the question of how I want to spend it is still unanswered.

My interview with K. D. Wentworth has gone live over at Fantasy Magazine. It’s a non-fiction credit but a credit is a credit. Go check it out!

I wish that the title of this post where at least a little bit of a joke but the truth is that I’m more than a little bit like my mother. She would rearrange what furniture we had on an almost weekly basis. As if there was some optimal configuration of rickety, tattered furniture that would create and illusion of quality and style. Perhaps with the same goals, I’ve re-designed the site again to the form you see before you.

As most of my handful of readers know, David Steffen and I have started a zine together called Diabolical Plots. It is a site for writers and fans of the genre that keeps those of us that are simply too brilliant for real life to entertain, speculative fiction. We cover the full gamut of medium in which this genre lives including movies and video games.

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