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I resist the temptation to end this charade that tastes bitter in my mouth like warm lemonade I wrote these lines a few days after Christmas 1984 when I was stationed at Camp Hovey, Korea a scant 15 miles from the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) with North Korea. My first Christmas away from home. I wasContinue reading “I Resist The Temptation”

I wrote this poem February 10, 2016. Not bad. Could use a little editing, I think. But not bad for a first draft. Like any good poem, and I make a leap of faith on that “good poem” thing, it is one thing, but is also another thing. It was inspired by an instant ofContinue reading “Where the hell did i park?”

Perhaps it’s the name of the next Cincinnati cathedral, but without doubt it’s the scene I’ve been writing tonight. Sister Agatha has been brought before her accuser. Devilishly handsome. And offered a drink. And then a deal. So far this scene is beginning very nicely.

Well, been nearly a month since last reporting Sister Agatha’s status. She’s doing well. Moments ago she and her squad stepped aboard their new ship.  But wait. They also got a nasty unexpected surprise. A surprise that changes everything. A little cleaning up to do to fill in a couple gaps and stuff, but thisContinue reading “Sister Agatha update”

Outside a tempest of wind and rain. Inside a tempest named Agatha. Am writing a critical scene this weekend in my next novel. Letting off steam will have downwind consequences for everyone she touches.  Interesting experience with the immediately preceding scene. I usually think long and hard about stuff before I write, but I putContinue reading “Tempestuous writing?”

Happy New Year! Happy New Decade! The Twenty Twenties are going to be an important decade for me. I’ve got a lot of projects I’m going to complete in the next ten years. Several novels and several games are in various stages of development. Ten years from now we’re going to look back and sayContinue reading “Happy New Decade”

Here’s my New Wave “Silent Night” that we recorded Christmas 1982. My sad vocals really make this one. Hope you like. The video is a more recent creation.  Check out https://macmann.com/music/ for the one other song I’ve posted, and with a little encouragement I might post some other songs from the old days. Meanwhile, there’s Silent Night.Continue reading “Silent Night”

People recommend to me things they think I might like to watch. You know. Television stuff. Sometimes movies that are now available on one of the various things. I love these recommendations, you know. Oh man, what a cool premise. Or, I really dig that actor/actress.  I would never say, “Don’t bother telling me aboutContinue reading “Stuff to watch”

Well, the Solstice is upon us yet again. 2019 version. And a perfect segue to remind you (or inform you) that my novel Winter Solstice, an eclectic and trippy romp set in a slightly warped 1970’s mid-America (I mean, the 1970’s were already warped) pitting NAZIs versus spies versus corporate robots versus college students. ThereContinue reading “Happy Solstice”

Something that I am painfully aware of is that I am, in my own little bubble, an entertainer. It is sometimes difficult in my own mind to separate my public persona from my real self. That my public persona is sometimes inserted in place of the real self. And in this process I am notContinue reading “Painfully aware”