week #3 – C

by | Jan 15, 2016 | Abyrne's pound of flesh

O-o sayyy cannn youuuu C? By Abyrne No, not time for the National Anthem or to play ball….but there are some valuable lessons here as we look to what we’ve known since we were small that enables us to be great writers. Let’s start with the anthem shall we? The anthem...

week #2 – B

by | Jan 8, 2016 | Abyrne's pound of flesh

Writing….it’s the state of “B” By Abyrne | As we embark on week two of our journey through the things we’ve known since our youth that enable us to be great writers, I began to think about exactly what qualifies one to claim that they are a writer? Is it that you are...

Begin again

by | Jan 1, 2016 | Abyrne's pound of flesh

A few years back I started a series on writing in alphabetical order. I am resurrecting those posts, re-sharing them, and will finish our alphabet in time, I hope. Things are immensely difficult for me personally right now and in honesty, I need to not be pushing for...

Yule, Light, and rare events

by | Dec 18, 2015 | Abyrne's pound of flesh

Tis the season, so they say. And, I suppose ‘they’ are right. It is a season. The larger question is, what season is it for you? For me, this season is many things. It is Yule for one, the Winter Solstice and day of shortest light. I wait with great...

Share your Chopsticks

by | Dec 11, 2015 | Abyrne's pound of flesh

I posted this on my personal blog a couple of years ago. I was skimming through the old posts looking for some inspiration and came across it. I do not need to embellish it, it speaks volumes without me adding a thing. Here is the original post…I hope here is...

Where does it end?

by | Dec 5, 2015 | Abyrne's pound of flesh

“Sometimes it is the people no one imagines anything of, who do the things that no one can imagine.” – The Imitation Game I had not seen this movie. I’m not much of one to watch films. I have known the story of Alan Turing and his...