So, those of you familiar with my blog will recognize my annual New Year's Resolutions post.

According to the official NORAD Santa Tracker, the jolly fatman that's keeping our economy running is on his way!

He's been spotting in the Pacific Rim and is headed East toward India, Europe and Africa as I post this.  He'll be here in United States and Central and South America before you know it!

What do YOU consider "essential gear" on a photo shoot?

No, not Santa.

So, today marks another lap around the Sun for me.

Honestly, I don't hang a lot on birthdays, especially my own.  I mean, for the most part, they're just another day.  Another marker of many in my life and, frankly, a rather arbitrary one at that.  I'm more impressed with the fact that I've paid a third of my mortgage than that I'm turning 44 today.  Of course, the fact that I've made it this far is actually sort of an...
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Some music to create the Great American Novel by.

I don't know about you, but I love free stuff.

The first rule is to WRITE!

Are you stuck for ideas?

It may be a little late for those people attempting NaNoWriMo this month, but it's never too late for the rest of us to come up with some great story ideas.
IO9 gave these as "10 Tips for Generating Killer Science Fiction Story Ideas", but some of them are just interesting ways to bump up some conflict and aren't limited to science-fiction at all.  Here's the short list of them, before I go into details on a couple:

So, in keeping with the theme this month of NaNoWriMo, I bring you creative time-wasters!