Dodgers first to move on out of the MLB Divisional Playoffs .
I love LA.
Actually, I don't. At least not the Dodgers.
I'll only cheer for them if they were to match up with the Red Sox in the World Series.
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
gino smith
Jets rallied in last minute to beat struggling Atlanta.
My fellow Jags fans are crying. Why didn't we take Gino in the draft?
Again. It doesn't matter that Gino may be better than Henne or Gabbert. I want a franchise QB that can help give Jags LONG term success. I'm not convinced Gino has a high enough ceiling to warrant the second round draft spot he was given last year.
If we use the logic that every time a QB wins a game he is the answer then Gino Smith is a franchise QB over Matt Ryan. He isn't.
Vince Young won games early in his career. So did Mark Sanchez. My God, so did Tim Tebow. I want better for my Jags.
Losing stinks. Losing the way the Jags have this season stinks more.
I'm still willing to wait on a franchise QB.
My fellow Jags fans are crying. Why didn't we take Gino in the draft?
Again. It doesn't matter that Gino may be better than Henne or Gabbert. I want a franchise QB that can help give Jags LONG term success. I'm not convinced Gino has a high enough ceiling to warrant the second round draft spot he was given last year.
If we use the logic that every time a QB wins a game he is the answer then Gino Smith is a franchise QB over Matt Ryan. He isn't.
Vince Young won games early in his career. So did Mark Sanchez. My God, so did Tim Tebow. I want better for my Jags.
Losing stinks. Losing the way the Jags have this season stinks more.
I'm still willing to wait on a franchise QB.
Monday, October 7, 2013
Decisions, decisons, decision
More on my point about whether to mass produce or not.
The sports articles are fun. The research is relatively easy. I have plenty of source material from dozens of Internet sites, sports radio and TV.
I've used the interview type format because it makes the process of getting the information out in an entertaining fashion. The interviewer (my co-host) is a fabric of my imagination. What it serves is the Every Man voice. The voice on the street with a common or distant view of sports issues.
This is not meant as if I am a sports expert. I am not. I never will be. I just try plunge into these matters with a deeper perspective than the average sports fan would. That doesn't make me better than those who read my articles.
In speaking of the interviewer, I am considering altering his voice starting with my next article. In my opinion Dan Patrick is the best sports interviewer in the business. He is tough but firm. He is fair. He can be funny without being silly or condescending. I think using Patrick as my interview model would take my articles to a higher level.
Again, these sports stories are fun. They don't require a lot of work from me. LIFE demands a lot of work and energy from me. I don't know if I would have anything left to devote to volume writing.
Fiction takes a lot more energy from me because creation exhaust a lot of energy. Believe it or not, plotting is pretty straight-forward but prose is hard. Writing from the point-of-view of different characters is DAMNED hard.
It also isn't easy to write interesting setting, breathe life into characters, and place all of the senses on every page without OVER doing it. Anyone out there who has written fiction can appreciate what I'm saying.
I'll admit though, when I finish a fiction piece, there is a certain rush that I don't get from doing non fiction.
Again, I have decisions to make.
The sports articles are fun. The research is relatively easy. I have plenty of source material from dozens of Internet sites, sports radio and TV.
I've used the interview type format because it makes the process of getting the information out in an entertaining fashion. The interviewer (my co-host) is a fabric of my imagination. What it serves is the Every Man voice. The voice on the street with a common or distant view of sports issues.
This is not meant as if I am a sports expert. I am not. I never will be. I just try plunge into these matters with a deeper perspective than the average sports fan would. That doesn't make me better than those who read my articles.
In speaking of the interviewer, I am considering altering his voice starting with my next article. In my opinion Dan Patrick is the best sports interviewer in the business. He is tough but firm. He is fair. He can be funny without being silly or condescending. I think using Patrick as my interview model would take my articles to a higher level.
Again, these sports stories are fun. They don't require a lot of work from me. LIFE demands a lot of work and energy from me. I don't know if I would have anything left to devote to volume writing.
Fiction takes a lot more energy from me because creation exhaust a lot of energy. Believe it or not, plotting is pretty straight-forward but prose is hard. Writing from the point-of-view of different characters is DAMNED hard.
It also isn't easy to write interesting setting, breathe life into characters, and place all of the senses on every page without OVER doing it. Anyone out there who has written fiction can appreciate what I'm saying.
I'll admit though, when I finish a fiction piece, there is a certain rush that I don't get from doing non fiction.
Again, I have decisions to make.
The Wife is right.
I'm still debating about how far to take my writing.
My life is stressful enough. Perhaps I inject some of this stress on myself by worrying about things that are out of my control. Yet, my passion about life, is who I am as a person. I believe in getting stuff done. I believe in doing what I say I'm going to do. I believe in being organized and paying attention to details
My wife says if makes me a wonderful provider, but at times a distant husband because it always seems if something is on my mind. I never seem to relax in her mind.
My wife is as smart as she is beautiful.
And she is right.
Which brings me back to my original point. Do I try to write for profit? I believe that the only way to truly be successful in the Indie author business is to write in VOLUME. I think this is even as if not more important than quality.
This means...a half dozen novels a year. This means 50 short stories or articles a year.
It is a crowded market. Volume is the only way to fight the crowd. Let one piece market the next.
I have a decision to make.
And I would think I need to make it soon.
My life is stressful enough. Perhaps I inject some of this stress on myself by worrying about things that are out of my control. Yet, my passion about life, is who I am as a person. I believe in getting stuff done. I believe in doing what I say I'm going to do. I believe in being organized and paying attention to details
My wife says if makes me a wonderful provider, but at times a distant husband because it always seems if something is on my mind. I never seem to relax in her mind.
My wife is as smart as she is beautiful.
And she is right.
Which brings me back to my original point. Do I try to write for profit? I believe that the only way to truly be successful in the Indie author business is to write in VOLUME. I think this is even as if not more important than quality.
This means...a half dozen novels a year. This means 50 short stories or articles a year.
It is a crowded market. Volume is the only way to fight the crowd. Let one piece market the next.
I have a decision to make.
And I would think I need to make it soon.
Bitchin about Bitchin
I probably complain too much on my blog.
I LOVE my job. I do. I just get aggravated with all of the politics and sorry folks I have to deal with every day that I am there. Still, I'm smart enough to know that this kind of stuff exist on every job no matter the pay or benefits that job provides.
Anyway, I have the week off. Yea. 7 whole days. And I still draw a nice paycheck Thursday. Not bad for a high school educated black guy from a questionable neighborhood.
My family has their stomachs full and they have a more than adequate roof over their heads. (My hard working wife has a LOT to do with this as well.)
I'm sitting in a comfortable chair. I'm watching NHL Center Ice (Devils-Oilers until Rangers-Kings comes on.)
I got my spoiled pooch lying next to me with her ears sticking up.
I apologize for complaining all the time.
I just want to work, have a little money left over, and be left alone.
I don't think that is too much to ask for.
I LOVE my job. I do. I just get aggravated with all of the politics and sorry folks I have to deal with every day that I am there. Still, I'm smart enough to know that this kind of stuff exist on every job no matter the pay or benefits that job provides.
Anyway, I have the week off. Yea. 7 whole days. And I still draw a nice paycheck Thursday. Not bad for a high school educated black guy from a questionable neighborhood.
My family has their stomachs full and they have a more than adequate roof over their heads. (My hard working wife has a LOT to do with this as well.)
I'm sitting in a comfortable chair. I'm watching NHL Center Ice (Devils-Oilers until Rangers-Kings comes on.)
I got my spoiled pooch lying next to me with her ears sticking up.
I apologize for complaining all the time.
I just want to work, have a little money left over, and be left alone.
I don't think that is too much to ask for.
Next
Oh Yea...what's next:
Don't hold me to this but I think I have another article coming. This one on whether or not we should pay college athletes (football and basketball) players are not. "Pimp Daddy: Why we should...or shouldn't pay college athletes." This is a tentative title.
I think my next step is to finally finish the second draft of my novel "Where are our Children?"
For those who have read my blog from the beginning, the first draft of this novel was written during the heart of the Great Recession during 2009 when I was out of work for significant periods of time.
Writing this first draft helped me focus my energy, my frustration, and my anxiety in a positive outlet: I finished writing my novel.
Anyway, I owe it to myself, and this story, to go back and finish this. It is wonderful story. I can't promise you that I've done a fine enough job in telling it, but it is a wonderful tale none the less.
What's Next?
What's Next?
First, I need to get through this debt crisis thing. Rather I should be worried about a default or not, I AM. I suffered through the Great Recession like many of you out there.
I'm ready to move on to something else other than proceeding to the next self inflicted economic crisis that we Americans have been through the past few years.
No matter what side you are on, I think we are all ready to move on to something else.
more later...
First, I need to get through this debt crisis thing. Rather I should be worried about a default or not, I AM. I suffered through the Great Recession like many of you out there.
I'm ready to move on to something else other than proceeding to the next self inflicted economic crisis that we Americans have been through the past few years.
No matter what side you are on, I think we are all ready to move on to something else.
more later...
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