David J. Pedersen's Blog of All Things
Whoa! I’m not sure what happened, but I think a con passed by at light speed! Isn’t that always the case? The things you look forward to the most take for-ev-er to get here and then when it arrives, time…
2015 was a year of incredible highs and terrible lows. It’s been a galactic roller coaster. “Hey, look, it’s the beautiful Milky Way… Uh, wait, how did I end up in a planet’s molten core?” Ugh. Life threw a lot…
When I am on the downhill ride of a novel, that part where the ideas tumble out so fast I almost can’t type enough words per minute to keep up, in the back of my head, I remember thinking, “I’m…
There is a lot to be said about best friends. They are there when no one else is. They are the ones who ask what’s wrong because they sense it, not because you complain. They are the ones you party…
I’m not what some would call a successful writer. This is not a complaint, merely a realization. I haven’t sold 100,000 books, they haven’t made Angst The Motion Picture, I haven’t been interviewed on a late night talk show. (Yet.)…
Whew! I mean really, whew! Yesterday was rough! Little things went wrong and and affected me more than they should have because of bigger problems. The day made me bitter, and it was hard to keep that dour attitude in…
I’ve been underinspired over the last month, and if you read my last blog post you’ll understand why. After that weekend, I haven’t felt like doing much. (Someone please come mow my lawn.) My son was in town for a…
Thursday night I received a call from an old friend who lost her sixteen year old daughter to suicide. I don’t completely have the words I need for everything that is going through my mind, but I’m also a writer.…
Over the next year I’m going to occasionally shout out people who are a part of my team on this blog. Writing is rarely done alone. It takes a team of supporters who are there for you in many ways.…
I don’t know how to work smart. I’m not sure if I skipped that day of class or if the universe is conspiring against me. (Well, it is conspiring against me…) I do, however, know how to work hard. As…