Archive for the ‘On Writing’ Category

What Makes a Poem Good?

Posted: 23rd September 2010 by Brian in On Writing
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Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow. My little horse must think it queer To stop without a farmhouse near Between the woods and frozen lake The darkest evening of the year. [...]

2009: Year in Review

Posted: 4th January 2010 by Brian in Freethought, On Writing, Personal
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So 2009 came and went and 2010 is here.  Overall 2009 was a positive year for me.  Thanks to Traci’s decision last year to push herself to try new things I’ve now been exposed to some new people as well.  It’s been nice connecting with people of a similar nature with similar interests again. Personally [...]

No Rest for the Wicked

Posted: 5th November 2009 by Brian in Data Warehousing, On Writing, Personal
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So just a little background; I started working for my current employer back in December 2007.  Their reporting was a mess, as were some other things, but now we’ve got a brand-new, from scratch data warehouse.  Our internal team worked with an external team to build it out and it transitioned over to us  officially [...]

Lagging Behind

Posted: 27th October 2009 by Brian in On Writing
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So my stated goal was to update my writing journal at least once per week; I’m finding now-almost a month after-that that might be a little too ambitious.  I’ve been so swamped with work and the kids that I just haven’t had the time or energy to do it.  I have a couple posts I [...]

Time Management

Posted: 29th September 2009 by Brian in On Writing
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So now that I’ve been back in “writer mode” for a bit I’m falling into the writer’s mindset again.  Just about everything in life is an opportunity for reflection, even some of the most mundane things.  But isn’t mundanity somewhat subjective?  I feel myself wanting to write about these things, to extrapolate on them primarily, [...]

Rekindled

Posted: 24th September 2009 by Brian in On Writing
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So I’ve decided to keep a writing journal.  I figured I’d update it at least weekly to ensure I keep it in the forefront of my mind and in it I’ll chronicle the creative writing process for me.  I’m not a professional writer by any means but I enjoy writing (and enjoy writing fiction in [...]

Getting It Out of My Head

Posted: 1st September 2009 by Brian in On Writing
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What a wee little part of a person’s life are his acts and his words! His real life is led in his head, and is known to none but himself. -Mark Twain I’m not sure exactly when Mark Twain said that but no doubt well over one hundred years ago, and it’s true. I saw [...]