Hi, Medical/Literary Update and Cars: Not much to tell medically that I didn’t cover in the previous newsletter. There has been no decision yet on whether and when I might have the ablation procedure to (hopefully) cure my A-Fib. My right hand is healing nicely, but I haven’t done much more writing. I did decide …
Hi, Here are some updates on our fence, my wrist, and my writing: I’ve mentioned the fencing situation a few times before, but here’s another one. Hopefully there won’t be too many more. Briefly, though, the fence is partially done but still in limbo. I hired a company to brace the fence from the outside …
Hi, My novella, Flood and Fire (as of 06-10-2024) is currently just over 32,000 words long, which is approaching a respectable length for a novella. There’s still more to write, but since I usually cut out 10% or more of my first draft when I edit, I think it will work out well. More info …
Newsletter 026 – November 11th, 2022 Hi, Word Combinations: Actress Rosamund Pike, on the Graham Norton Show, wondered why “You can be underwhelmed, you can be overwhelmed, but you’re never just whelmed.” Writers constantly play with words. Some of the words they discussed on that British show, mostly in a funny sketch by stand-up comic …
Newsletter 017 – June 24th, 2022 Hi, About the image above: The Globe Theatre, on the south side of the Thames, is where many of Shakespeare’s plays were originally performed. This image was taken at the new Shakespeare’s Globe, which was finished in 1997, and is a reconstruction of the original. It’s located about 750 …
Newsletter 006, January 14, 2022 Hi — About the image above: I was acting in British period plays as early as high school, and Shakespeare has always been one of my favorites. So, when my wife and I had a chance to go to England for a vacation in 2010, one of the places at …
[This is the first of a series of newsletters I’m sending to my mailing list. The date below was the date it was sent out. I’ll archive them here on the blog a week after they are delivered to my subscribers.] Newsletter 001, October 22, 2021 Hi— About the image above: In the late 1990’s, …
[Originally posted on my former blog, Michael Runs the Gamut] Just to get started, I’m declaring my intention that this blog will be about language and the art and business of writing. As Shakespeare said in Hamlet, “Words, words, words.” I’ll try to be coherent and helpful, but who knows what might pop out of …