Monthly Archives: August 2020

Re-writing Is for Suckers

Posted on August 30, 2020 by Ron Giesecke

Actually having finished a rough draft of an entire book is a shock to the system for me.  I talked all kinds of smack about it five years ago.  I  had all kinds of MS-13-level bravado about it.  I had … Continue reading →

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Federal Judge Orders Yngwie Malmsteen Forcibly Removed From Faux Leather Pants

Posted on August 28, 2020 by Ron Giesecke

Disciple of Hell no longer of use to nether-regions, consigned to playing Air Supply licks   Los Angeles–Acting on the legal request from Lucifer’s Son, a federal circuit court ordered the “immediate and forcible removal” of neoclassical rocker Yngwie Malmsteen … Continue reading →

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. . . and my book is finished.

Posted on August 26, 2020 by Ron Giesecke

37 days from the start of this ridiculous, Iditarod-level lunacy. 47, 000 words, with at least another five waiting in elaborative revisionary addenda to concepts and scenes I refused to bog down in the initial process. Rewrite is next.  Probably … Continue reading →

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Ken Tamplin told me I’m going to jail if I don’t listen to Dino Jelusic

Posted on August 5, 2020 by Ron Giesecke

Far be it from me to demur from an incendiary headline, in which I accuse people of saying things they didn’t say. Although, I’m not a journalist, so: It doesn’t come natural to me I feel the odd twinge of … Continue reading →

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15,000 words in

Posted on August 2, 2020 by Ron Giesecke

To my novel. My guess is, rough draft is done in 30 days.

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