May 3, 2017: Putting Yourself Out There…

Tonight I finally launched the new writing project that I’ve been working on for the last month and anticipating for far longer than that, and let me say that it’s a combination of both exciting and terrifying at the same time! Scott’s Guide to Life – a collection of essays about the world as I see it… http://www.scottsguidetolife.com I’ve been entertaining…

April 2, 2017: While Babes Sleep

There’s probably a limit for how long you’re allowed to take a break from following your passions. For me, anyways, it looks like that limit falls just a hair over three months … judging from my last Thing-a-Day post here on New Year’s Eve! 😉 I’ve done a bit of writing here and there, but…

November 26, 2016: Something New?

I spent some time while I was supposed to be putting up Christmas lights this evening instead thinking about what I want to do next year from a writing perspective. And I suppose I’m a bit torn because as it usually happens, very much at random I came up with an idea for a new…

November 13, 2016: The Writer Writes Again!

Say what you will about all of the craziness that’s stemmed from politics over the last week, but at least it’s gotten me writing again… 😉 I’ve been going back and forth a lot this year with regards to my writing, and what I really want to do, and having the motivation to actually do it, and…

July 8, 2016: Writing Articles vs Writing Comments

I had an interesting discussion about this today after receiving some negative backlash from my post yesterday about racially-motivated police brutality. We all know that 90% of Internet comments are garbage, and I would argue that number trends slightly higher when I post something controversial on Facebook. This makes it particularly frustrating because instead of…

July 2, 2016: Lore of the Rings

I found myself with the unexpected urge to watch The Hobbit this weekend after randomly hearing the incredible cover of Song of the Lonely Mountain that Neil Finn did for the soundtrack to the first film. I ended up making it through An Unexpected Journey just a little while ago this evening after watching the first half during naptime,…

June 30, 2016: Consistency vs Content

Nights like tonight are really hard for me to get a Thing-a-Day post out because after fighting against the 11th hour to get my humor column for the week done, I frankly just have no words left that I feel are worthwhile to talk about in this space… As this project has sort of evolved over the last…

June 18, 2016: Mac & Cheese & Mini-Shrimp & Words

With tomorrow being Father’s Day filled with family plans and whatnot, today was pretty much my busy writing day for the weekend. Ever have one of those days when you know that you have to eat, yet you really want to work on whatever it is that you’re supposed to work on and you just hate to waste an entire twenty minutes throwing together…

May 21, 2016: Writer’s Guilt

I’ve written about this before, but one of my big worries as a writer has always been that I’m honestly not very well read. At least not when it comes to the literary greats like Twain and Hemingway and Vonnegut and Salinger… I am at the very least proficient in the complete works of Adams and Barry if that…

May 1, 2016: Just Keep Writing

I don’t know if I’d go so far as to call it a crisis of faith, per se, but lately I’ve been kind of stuck in a rut with regards to what I want to write – both today and into the future to define my career, if you will. I guess you could say that right…

Feb 26, 2016: Blogging Like Daddy

Christopher loves banging on the keyboards of the computers in my office. If we happen to leave the hallway gate open and he notices, it’s pretty much guaranteed that you’ll find him peering up at my desktop as he merrily bangs away at the keyboard for what I figure is one of two reasons: He’s destined to…