I did a little freelance work this morning, and then I actually sat down and started revising and working on my novel. Welcome to the State of Beck Address. Here are my talking points: I'm going through a midlife crisis. I'm turning 42 in a few months, so this should surprise no one. I've got …
Continue reading Working on Some This, Working on Some That.
You're probably thinking, "Jeez, Beck, that title is really rude and accusatory." While it's true that I am generally both of those things, the title is directed at myself, not you. Don't project; it's ugly. So why am I calling myself stupid? The usual reasons. Also: I haven't written in here in a long ass …
So now it's been another month since my last post, which was about how I hadn't posted in four months. I think it was about some other stuff, too, but it was so boring I stopped caring. So today, I'm at Steap and Grind in Fishtown, and I just sat down with my blueberry crumble …
Beck procrastinates. What a surprise. Looks like I haven't written anything here since April, which to my shock and terror (Birdemic!) was four months ago. I've been really busy with my big kid job, and with being sort of miserable, but I'm trying to get back on the creativity bus. I have actually worked on …
Warning: not going to talk about writing. This is Deep Thoughts with Beck. So yesterday I witnessed a Twitter implosion. I don't use Twitter very much; I'll go real heavy for a day and then just disappear from it for months. I don't have anything that interesting to say, I guess. My Twitter account is …
Continue reading Alt-Right Vegans, Anti-Semitism, Twitter and Ricky Gervais
I have the day off (sort of; I still went into work for a little while), so I'm out and about in the world, trying to get some shit done. It's President's Day, which used to just sort of mean that banks and courts were closed, and now it means I have to remember our …
Continue reading Happy Birthday to My Dad. Miserable President’s Day to Cheeto Mussolini.
So the city of Philadelphia is closed today because of the "winter storm." I have to say that while it is snowing outside, it certainly is not a winter storm. I've been living here for five years, and I'm still confused about why, as a northeastern city, we don't have better snow procedures. I know it's warmer …
Continue reading Shoveling Snow, Shoveling Bullshit, Shoveling Food in my Face.
Welcome to November 18. Remember how I said how bad I am at Nanowrimo? My prediction has come to fruition. I wrote a little bit of a new story on November 1 and since then have done fuck all (British term). I haven't even written here, until today. Currently, I'm in my office. I had …
Quick bit of news - my submission to DarkFuse was returned to me unread with a message that the magazine is on hiatus and they're not looking at anything. Wonk wonk. I still feel weird having a blog, because I doubt anyone finds what I have to say interesting, but since I'm out and about …
So I haven't written anything in a while; there are several reasons for that. 1) I've actually been traveling and doing stuff, which is weird for me; 2) I have a job, losers; and 3) I'm lazy. So far I've just been rejected across the board, although Pseudopod sent me a personal rejection and told …
Continue reading Long Time, No See. You’ve Changed So Much. Here’s What Happened…
