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Tarot Tuesday: Seven of Cups

Options. Indulgence. Chaos. Seven of Cups What a gift it is to be able to choose from a plethora of riches! All shiny and wonderful and grand! But a choice does need to be made even if it seems an impossibility to do so. The Seven of Cups tells that the choices you have are plentiful, and likely overly so. The decision you need to make is being delayed by your failing to truly weigh your…

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Tarot Tuesday: Temperance

Control. Moderation. Blending. XIV Temperace We are driven to do more, create more, earn more. Fame and fortune lie at the end of the rainbow upon which has been scrawled “Move fast and break things.” And that does indeed work for some, but is there another way? Temperance pushes you to find that other way. To float along, or above, that perpetual mutual and while not quite resisting its flow,…

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Tarot Tuesday: Nine of Cups

Tarot Tuesday: Nine of Cups

Satisfaction. Indulgence. Smugness. Nine of Cups There are times when the best course of action is to just take a moment and make sure you are aware of all the good things around you. What have your troubles earned? What is there you to indulge in? Breath deep and indulge. These pleasures need not be limited to trinkets and owned goods. There is so much in the natural world to take pleasure…

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Tarot Tuesday: Queen of Pentacles

Tarot Tuesday: Queen of Pentacles

Loving and giving. Freely giving basic needs. Queen of Pentacles Material concerns can be our most basic, and the suit of coins is often centered around the material world. Do we have enough food or wealth? Is that lack, or even abundance, causing strife in our lives? The Queen can be a subtle embodiment of those elements and there is often a purity to her actions. The Queen of Pentacles…

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Tarot Tuesday: Four of Swords

Tarot Tuesday: Four of Swords

A time of healing and rest. Or, perhaps, a warning of stagnation. Four of Swords Swords are often associated with trial. They can speak to what it takes to succeed in those trials, the dangers lurking in those trials, or perhaps even the cost of participating at all. The Four of Swords is a reminder that at times in order to advance, we all need to pause and gather up our energy. We can all…

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Tarot Tuesday: King of Wands

Tarot Tuesday: King of Wands

Charisma and positive energy. Creativity matched with action. King of Wands The suit of Wands tend to represent fire energy, while Kings can be stand-ins for action and personality. With those two elements to consider, it should be natural to consider the King of Wands as a leader with good ideas, a creative outlook, and a willingness to accomplish. A good king can take in information and use…

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SSS Ch 10 Day 2: Morning

SSS Ch 10 Day 2: Morning

Today Brent reads the 10th chapter of Sand, Sea and Stone “Day Two: Morning.” If you are enjoying this podcast please take a moment to rate and review Brent’s books on Goodreads. Both Deadly Troubadours and Sand, Sea and Stone could use some love. Visit the website at deadlytroubadour.com and like the book on Facebook. Deadly Troubadours can be purchased…

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Tarot Tuesday: The Tower (16)

#Tarot Tuesday: The Tower (16) - Taking a look at tarot meanings with a card from the high arcana.

Protection or liberation? Sometimes change is needed. The Tower Sometimes we all need to protect ourselves. We build ourselves a tower that defends us from the dangers that can encircle us. But the tower itself entraps us inside with all the clutter, beliefs and ideas that keep us from changing and advancing. A disruption is what we need. A sudden shock that liberates. We need to say goodbye…

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SSS Ch 09 Talbert Gretchen: Kraken

SSS Ch 09 Talbert Gretchen: Kraken

Today Brent reads the 9th chapter of Sand, Sea and Stone “Talbert Gretchen: Kraken.” If you are enjoying this podcast please take a moment to rate and review Brent’s books on Goodreads. Both Deadly Troubadours and Sand, Sea and Stone could use some love. Visit the website at deadlytroubadour.com and like the book on Facebook. Deadly Troubadours can be purchased…

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Best Read Aloud

So, there is a saying that I’m going to butcher. It goes something like “good editing makes good writing great writing.“ That’s just some truth. But as true as it is it is hard to find any writer that loves editing. It’s hard to get into a groove. There is lots of head pounding and so much focusing on all your faults. It can also be incredibly rewarding when you get a paragraph to fully form…

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Not a Review: Peacemaker

Not a Review: Peacemaker

The other day I finally got around to watching The Suicide Squad and really enjoyed it. I figured as good as it was I might as well check out Peacemaker. Here we are, three episodes in and it is getting a strong thumbs up. I love how it straddles that line by being somehow irreverent and very faithful to the spirit of the comics at the same time, even if it is more on the nihilist side of…

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“Who Pays For the Kids”

Once upon a time, what feels like a lifetime ago, I was working towards my masters degree. To make sense of what I was researching I read a lot. A lot a lot. Including lots on power and gender. It’s funny what sticks with you. I had to look up Nancy Folbre, but I remember (some) of the points of her book “Who Pays for the Kids.” The absolute shortest version of it is that women are in charge of…

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Still Editing

The other day I was editing and rewriting some stuff I’d written about a year ago. I realized something very important. If I stumbled on my books at random, I would really enjoy them. I’m not seeing I’m a great writer. Just implying it. But, seriously, so much of editing is just seeking out the bad and altering to fit, that sometimes it is just nice to enjoy your own work. Of course, that was…

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SSS Ch 08 Day One: Later Evening

SSS Ch 08 Day One: Later Evening

Today Brent reads the 8th chapter of Sand, Sea and Stone “Demetrius Tate: Goblin.” If you are enjoying this podcast please take a moment to rate and review Brent’s books on Goodreads. Both Deadly Troubadours and Sand, Sea and Stone could use some love. Visit the website at deadlytroubadour.com and like the book on Facebook. Deadly Troubadours can be purchased…

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2022 Week 3 Wrap Up

2022 Week 3 Wrap Up

This has been an odd week. Work has both been getting busier, but COVID is once again on the rise and we are also having to prepare for the possibility of moving online. It’s like getting an extra dollop of work icing on top of work cake. Creatively things are going okay. Still editing and working on the main Work in Progress, but writing here. Also, started recording a podcast of me reading the…

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The 21st…

A long while ago I decided that once a month I would hit up loyal readers for cash. I could say support, but lets be real. I mean cash. I also decided that the day I would stretch out my hand would be the 21st. Why? Because that is my birthday. Not today, in June. But it seemed like a good enough day to make a regular pitch. I’ve got back into regular posting here, and am even (more or less)…

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‘A Song in Darkness’ Excerpt w/ Lucas and Bramble

‘A Song in Darkness’ Excerpt w/ Lucas and Bramble

In my upcoming novel one of the themes is family and fatherhood. I wanted a scene where young Bramble hears a joke from the potential father figure, Lucas. I figured what better way than to steal a joke I’ve heard from my own dad countless of times. I hope you enjoy it. “Well, you know. Those red jays, they can be pretty unique. You know that word, right?” She nodded. “Yeah, they’re pretty…