Question of the Day: How 'bout them...Texans?

By SonnyLong in The Write Stuff

As a Dallas Cowboys fan, the first two games of the season have been painful to watch. As a football fan who also roots for the Houston Texans when they aren't playing the Cowboys, I cheered when they came from ...

Question of the Day: Social networking over 50

By SonnyLong in The Write Stuff

The mosquitoes have taken over the entrance of the Hardback Cafe inside Hastings, some making it inside every time the door is opened. A few well placed swats near the buzzing in my ear took care of one of the ...

Question of the Day: Gassing Up

By SonnyLong in The Write Stuff

Well, it's Friday, thank goodness, and although I only worked three days this week after returning from vacation, it was returning from vacation., I am ranging this morning at Halepaska's Bakery on John Stockbauer. Today we are talking about gas ...

Off topic but SWEET!

By SonnyLong in The Write Stuff

I am way off topic this morning, wait, let me fix that. I am still working on the book. The murder suspect pled guilty to killing the mother but not the kids. I am still writing. Stay tuned. Now, back ...

Two weeks

By SonnyLong in The Write Stuff

Unless there is another extension, testimony in the murder trial of Kevin Hailey is set to begin Monday, Oct. 26. Two weeks from today. This is the day that many have waited 17 years for. 1992's triple homicide in Atlanta, ...

Facing feedback

By SonnyLong in The Write Stuff

Yet another rejection from an agent, but this one came with some advice on how to change/improve my approach to the book I am writing. Usually rejections are form letters, as I've written about here before, but this particular agent ...

Ch-ch-ch-changes

By SonnyLong in The Write Stuff

Jury selection has begun, but the date for testimony to begin in the Kevin Hailey murder trial has now been moved to Oct. 19 in Nacogdoches. Have now turned in my third different vacation request. Sorry boss, but gotta be ...

Writing, waiting

By SonnyLong in The Write Stuff

Even as I am optimistic about a potential agent's enthusiastic remarks about the sample chapters she read, the waiting is excrutiating. I have learned over the years not to get too high over what I call "nibbles" or too low ...

Watching the cork

By SonnyLong in The Write Stuff

Like fishing with a cork on the line. It dips beneath the water, teasing, tantalizing. Can I set the hook? I'm watching the cork. Keep good thoughts I land this one.

And that's the way it is

By SonnyLong in The Write Stuff

When I had my own publication in East Texas I did a series of radio commercials promoting it. In one series I "attempted" to imitate famous people including Walter Cronkite who died this weekend. Of course, I was "Walter Long-kite." ...