My Leap Year: Small Steps 25-28

[My Leap Year is a 12-month life project (begun 11/01/07) at the end of which I intend to be writing full-time. 365 small steps = 1 giant leap.]
My thoughts have taken a more practical bent this week. I’m starting to see the merit of the middle ground. The truth is, I don’t make gobs of [...]

My Leap Year: Small Step 22-24

[My Leap Year is a 12-month life project (begun 11/01/07) at the end of which I intend to be writing full-time. 365 small steps = 1 giant leap.]
This post is also titled “Why Working at Comic Shops is So Awesome”.
Despite our current 20% off sale, tonight was pretty dead at work. Jim Hanley’s cohort and [...]

You Should Be Watching This: Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium

This is a magical movie.
And I’m not just saying that because my name’s in the credits. Even after all the times I read the various versions of this script, and all the unmagical production side I saw behind the magic onscreen, I was still taken away to this film’s own version of reality and thoroughly [...]

Happy Thanksgiving…

…or in my case, Happy Small Step 22!

My Leap Year: Small Steps 20-21

[My Leap Year is a 12-month life project (begun 11/01/07) at the end of which I intend to be writing full-time. 365 small steps = 1 giant leap.]

Like the fancy new counter? I worked it up after reading this intriguing post by Kevin Kelly, the founding executive editor of Wired magazine (among other things–I recommend [...]

My Leap Year: Small Steps 18-19

[My Leap Year is a 12-month life project (begun 11/01/07) at the end of which I intend to be writing full-time. 365 small steps = 1 giant leap.]
No writing Sunday, as always. Day off=good. Erin and I went to the zoo.
This morning was a rough morning, leading into a rough day. I only wrote for [...]

Next Week’s Steps

[My Leap Year is a 12-month life project at the end of which I intend to be writing full-time. 365 small steps = 1 giant leap.]
I haven’t had a week yet this Leap Year where I’ve written at least two hours a day for a full six days. It’s time. This coming week.
I have about [...]

My Leap Year: Small Step 17

[My Leap Year is a 12-month life project at the end of which I intend to be writing full-time. 365 small steps = 1 giant leap.]
Obviously, I’ve given the website a new look. I needed a change. Something brighter, lighter and more optimistic. Something to match the feel of a Leap Year.
My previous post brings [...]

You Should Be Reading This: All-Star Superman

There is no other book like this out there. For the first time I can remember, I’m reading Superman stories that don’t feel like every other Superman story I’ve ever read. Writer Grant Morrison has discovered how to take classic Superman tales from the distant past and throw them into our future. This book is [...]

My Leap Year: Small Steps 8-16

Obviously it’s been a while since I posted a Small Step, but hopefully the flash-fiction-related posts in the interim have kept you entertained.
So. Catching up:
One of the reasons I’ve been off the radar is that late last week through the middle of this week we had friends in town from LA. Five different friends here [...]