Sometimes they don’t answer. We call a few times. Then we call louder. We know they’re out there. We know it’s important that they eat the meal we’ve prepared for them, so we keep calling. Watch for the signs, you’ll know they’re there too. Birds suddenly abandoning a perfectly good tree is one sign. Branches …
Author Archives: Kurt Gailey
Empath
Empath. Isn’t it amazing how one word can spark whole day-long monologs inside you? Or how one word can inspire conversations and debates among you and your friends? Like at the end of the Saturday Night Live skit with Tom Hanks on Black Jeopardy when they say, “Lives That Matter,” and “Doug” has something to …
New Novel
I finished another novel. When writers say they’ve finished a novel, they don’t mean finished. If you didn’t know, there are all these next steps after a novel is finished. There’s alpha reading, editing, revision, beta reading, more revision, proofreading, even writing the ever-dreaded blurb (that paragraph usually found on the back of a book …
Adventure
It’s a great time of year. The weather changes. More sports opportunities become available. Nature blooms. Easter Jeep Safari happens. Easter happens. The outside becomes unavoidably enticing. Children fly kites. Surfers go surfing. To bring two of these things crashing together: what if Jeep Safari and Surf Safari got mixed in with each other? What …
Of Men and Women
Crass Content Warning! There will be writing about toilets and such in this episode, so if you’re not in the mood for crass talk, you may want to read another post like this one. The image above is reportedly of a toilet room built over an elevator shaft. What is your immediate reaction? After seeing …
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