In the Mail

So I finished the story at around 7,400 words and sent it off in the mail. I won't know until this fall whether it placed or not, but I think it was good for me to send something off. I used to be very systematic about writing and submitting stories. I've started meeting with some other writers a couple of times a month. I'm hoping it will keep my writing efforts up as well as offer me some promise in the discouraging face of trying to find a job in this economy.

R.

The Question

There are some TV shows that just leave a viewer like me plagued by questions. I know what you're thinking: if I no longer have TV, how can I watch shows? Well, many years ago, when our first child started making noise even, we stopped watching anything that doesn't have a pause button; we watch our TV on Hulu. But the point is the questions a show brings up:

Was it supposed to be irony that the A-Team was made up of misfits?

Will Tina ever find love? (From some soap opera I saw once as a kid)

Why did the GIJoes ever let that wrestling hack Slaughter act like he could get their special-forced butts trained like they needed to beat Cobra?

These are some questions from years long past. Lately, I've pondered these:

Why is there always a pineapple in Psych?

How come the women of Chuck only put mascara on their upper eye lashes?

And most importantly to me and most of my readers: How is it that Bones is supposed to be so disconnected from humanity, have such inability to connect, understand, and communicate with people, and somehow manage to write best-selling novels? I'm not well read in crime-fiction, but it seems to me that it would still have to have a strong human element to acquire readers. Isn't that why most of us read? To experience humanity in a variety of situations? It seems to me that even if she is the smartest woman around she would still need to connect.

Thanks for reading.

R.

The New Collection

Okay it's not really new; I've been writing Hobb stories for over a year now. What's new is that I've begun to think of them as Hillbilly 90210. They are packed with angst and drama. Anyways, the new one is coming write along. Angst and drama. In this installment Hobb gets his ego broken by a girl and fights with his best friend. Anyways, that's where I'm at.

R.

HD?

I just watched a news clip saying that 218,000 people will be joining me in losing TV reception this weekend. They implied that it was happening because of ignorance or poor judgment, and not a conscious choice or decision of protest.

HD, huh, what is it good for? Better picture, more channels, and better reception they say. But who are they really?

R.

P.S. I am writing again, trying to pound out a short story for a June 25th deadline. It feels good. With any luck there will be more posts on Write On about writing to go with my eclectic observations and ramblings.