Doing well on Spell Talker. I've said many times I would make more $$$ if I wrote faster. That's the paradigm of self-publishing: crank out books and wallpaper the internet. But I just can't do it. As I sit around and let stories marinate in my subconscious, I always come up with hooks that, IMHO, make the product vastly better. There's a lot of happy accidents in writing if you have the time to allow for accidents. I had mentioned... Read More
Being a creative is a pretty hard life. I'd guess about three times a week, I look around and tell myself, "I'm living the dream." Because I have a strong suspicion, based on vast amounts of historical data, that I won't be able to maintain this lifestyle forever and I'll look back on these years fondly. I'm a member of SFWA. When people ask what it is, I generally say it's a Sci-Fi/Fantasy writing group that has George R. R.... Read More
YOUR ALASKAN MALAMUTE DOG SHANDAEL'S SASQUATCH IS 5 YEARS OLD TODAY! On behalf of AKC Reunite, we want to wish SHANDAEL'S SASQUATCH a Happy Birthday! Purebred show dogs have the breeder name in front. And I don't think they were particularly happy with "Sasquatch" as a name. Pretty weird it's been 5 years. It was damn hard for the first couple, when he was just a ball of muscle and fur and energy and didn't give a shit about doing... Read More
I used to love going to the movies. Los Angeles celebrates film like no other place. Back in the 90s I would frequent a little run-down revival house without AC and with cloth seats that would show 32mm film of classics. It was called the New Beverly and apparently a lot of people used to go there. I'd see celebs now and then, but probably didn't recognize a million or so. Tarantino eventually gave them a ton of cash to... Read More
Found a puppy. Brought him home and got animal control over so they can check for a chip and get calls from owners missing him. [video width="1280" height="720" mp4="https://hardluckhank.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Found-Puppy.mp4"][/video] Read More