Summer has slowed down my workload a bit. So, to fill some time, I’m offering discounted beta-reading services. Pricing for an 80K-word manuscript would be 150 USD. If you are interested in the cost for your work, message me here or via email at [email protected].

An essay on the benefits of consensual recreational violence. Nothing Gets Your Mind Right Like a Hard Punch in the Mouth, by @Genowrites67 genowrites.substack.com/p/no…

How Rolling a Car Helped Me Become More Understanding Here is an essay I wrote about how something that one person can shake off can send another person spiraling into a mental health crisis. genowrites.substack.com/p/ol…

I love when I go back to old writing and find a missing comma or typo that had been all but invisible when I was doing the writing. Don’t get me wrong, I feel bad for the mistake, but noticing the small errors means I’m seeing past my insecurities.

This one is wet, and this one is wet, and… A post showed up on my wife’s Facebook this morning from someone I’d all but forgotten existed. I only know them as Jeff Vader, and that was back when I was going by Mr. Stevens, Head of Catering, in the Wild West that was early-teens Facebook. Jeff Vader, who incidentally ran the Death Star, and I crossed paths, and for a brief time we shared a love of the comedy of Eddie Izzard and an animosity between us because all the trays were wet. Here is a link to a video that might help make this nonsense clear. bing.com/videos/riverview/re…

I’ve got to admit that I waste a good portion of every evening playing video games. Right now, it’s first-person shooters (FPSs), mainly Battlefield 6, but at other times I play ARPGs like Path of Exile 2, and right now I’m killing time waiting for the November release of GTA 6. I’m working on an essay that looks at what these games provide for my ADHD addled brain. While you wait for that, here’s something I wrote a while back about the things I learned playing Battlefield 2024. genowrites.substack.com/p/pl…

I’m in a position to take on a couple of new clients in my role as a writing coach. Each month, the service includes two 1-hour in-person or virtual sessions and an editorial letter evaluating up to 20K words. If you or someone you know might be interested, I can be reached at [email protected]

Well Shit, if it Doesn’t All Circle Back to The Wizard of Oz Here’s an essay with a little light literary analysis that finds traces of Oz in Russel Banks's Rule of the Bone. genowrites.substack.com/p/we…

I have to admit that I’ve been in the fog of writing lately. And I don’t mean that in a good way. The rejections keep on piling up, leaving me to wonder if I might be on the wrong track, chasing something that I can never catch. But I keep on plugging away, and some days, like today, the fog seems to lift just a bit.

My wife Trena decided to make the annual transition from her natural hair to extensions a little early this year. She normally holds off until the temps drop a bit, but she found some hair online that just couldn’t wait. So I thought I’d share an essay I wrote about her hair and my use of foul language. genowrites.substack.com/p/yo…

I have a few beta-reading slots open. I’m offering a discount. Pricing for an 80K-word manuscript would be 150 USD. If you are interested in the cost for your work, message me here or via email at [email protected].

I found this God-forsaken pager in the bottom of a junk drawer last night, and knowing it was still in the house made it hard for me to sleep. The thought of its incessant beeping makes my blood pressure go through the roof. You see, the thing was my near-constant companion for close to fifteen years when I worked for a restoration contractor. It would go off at the worst possible times. Usually when I was just dozing off or pulling into the drive after a long day. And no matter the time, it always required immediate attention.