Great News!

I finished editing my novel last week. As you may recall, I committed myself to editing just 15 pages a day. My goal was to be finished by December 1st. Guess what? I finished my first clean up edit in record time, about a week before Thanksgiving.

My next step will be cutting. This beast plops in a 656 typewritten pages, properly formatted, in 32 chapters. That might be acceptable for an established writer. But hey! This is good old boring me! But that will take just a few hours.… Continue

The Gantt Report
By Lucius Gantt
United States President Barack Obama spent a considerable amount of time traveling across America trying to drum up votes and support for Democratic candidates seeking victories in the recent 2009 elections.
Obama is given credit for a record-breaking voter turnout in 2008 however his 2009 “coat tails” seemed to be more like a halter top, short and revealing!
It appears as though about 80% of the voters that turned out to support Obama in 2008 stayed at home on e… Continue

Just stopping By To Give JESUS

Recognition For Spilling HIS Precious, Innocent, Rich Blood For ME.

Realizing......If I would have GOTTEN what the Scriptures said I earned,
I would have been stoned years ago.
If LAW superseded Mercy.....
We would All Be in trouble;
But the BLOOD;

Jesus's Willingly Entered The Sacrifice for MY Sins; Even the Ones that I haven't Committed yet.

Thank YOU JESUS....Thank YOU JESUS....and FATHER of ALL LIVING THINGS......
I Salute YOU; Creator… Continue

I have been making progress on finishing the first clean up edit of my novel.

At the last meeting, Barbara Jo suggested that I stop trying to do so much at once. She was right. For months I have lugged a 450 page manuscript around, working on it when I can. It's intimidating. So on October 30th, I divided it up into 15 page increments. All I'm responsible for are 15 pages per day. That's all. If I do more, then fine. But if not, then as long as I do my 15 pages, then I will be fine. And I have… Continue

Some people are just naturally pissed off. I've never understood why.


Has my life has been too easy? No, I grew up in a New York City slum and had to fight all the time. Am I a Pollyanna? No. I see all the ugliness in the world around me. Am I too lazy, too disengaged? No. I am a 48 year old state worker in a low paying job. But to get there, I've endured 7 bouts of unemployment, worked as a teacher, started small businesses, watched them go under, been attacked, been depressed, you name i… Continue