Hey there. You may not remember me. My name is (not actually) Darren Blake. I’m a random writer from the internet who tries to entertain, inform, educate, and just make a general mockery of the writing life. And I’ve been gone. Like, for a while. As you may or may not remember, if you are… Continue reading WE’RE BACK, GLITCHES!
Category: Personal
FEAR AND EXPECTATION
Six years ago, when I published Seeing Red, I had zero fear and zero expectation. I wanted to give this “self publishing” thing a try, but I kept my personal stakes low. Based on all my other forays into “the public eye,” having high hopes would lead to massive disappointment. (In the misspent youth of… Continue reading FEAR AND EXPECTATION
EYES AND EARS: A PERSONAL SAGA
Welcome to the roller coaster that is life. If you’re just joining us, sorry for the crap show. It was like this even before I got here. And the people in charge are just making it worse and worse. There have been some developments in both my public and personal worlds, interestingly represented by eyes… Continue reading EYES AND EARS: A PERSONAL SAGA
A HOLDING PATTERN
I don’t really have anything to talk about this month. The closest thing to interesting that I’ve done at all over the last couple of months is watch some movies. Some of those movies I’ve seen before, most I have not. It’s sad that this is even news, considering when I got on the internet… Continue reading A HOLDING PATTERN
MOTIVATION IS A FINICKY THING
In the last post, I talked about how AI text generation has gotten me excited about writing for the first time in forever. (No, that’s not a Frozen reference. Stop trying to distract me. We’re barely a paragraph in!) That excitement / eagerness has not waned at all. But what has also not waned is… Continue reading MOTIVATION IS A FINICKY THING
SEEKING THE WHY
(Author’s NOTE: Some of these segments were written in mid-January and others in early February. I apologize if such time difference makes this disjointed in any way.) Back in April of 2022, I posted about my struggles finding the why of my writing. I won’t repeat it all here; if you really want to know… Continue reading SEEKING THE WHY
2022: A STUDY IN (MOSTLY) FAILURE
HAPPY NEW YEAR, imaginary people of the internet! It is I, your lackadaisical random writer from the same realm. In our annual January look back on the year that just closed — an original idea that no one has ever done before (/sarcasm) — I would like to say that although from a hobbyist perspective… Continue reading 2022: A STUDY IN (MOSTLY) FAILURE
WHEN YOU CAN’T FIND YOUR WHY
Fair warning: This may turn out to be another one of those whiny “too much honesty from a random internet writer” kinds of entries no one likes. You are invited to skip it. There’s enough venom and vitriol flying around the internet, so if my adding to it would be too much, I wish you… Continue reading WHEN YOU CAN’T FIND YOUR WHY
NEW YEAR, SAME GOALS
2021 began with a political nightmare (when it should have been such a pleasant waking from one) and ended kind of the same way, albeit with less violence and insurrection. It feels like the world has gone crazy. In the bad way. People have forgotten how to be people, and I feel bad for all… Continue reading NEW YEAR, SAME GOALS
ALL THE NEWS
It’s a strange world out there right now. Plague, civil unrest, probably alien invaders before too much longer if the current trend holds. (Or are we already here?) In the context of all of this worldwide chaos and (because I’m a writer) ickiness, this blog post is going to seem self-serving… and that’s putting it… Continue reading ALL THE NEWS