It is March here in old TX but the weather has turned frightfully cold. I am sorry to have neglected this site for so long but my access to the internet has been unreliable lately. I recently upgraded to an android smartphone and now at least have access to my email and other blogs. On the writing front, I am currently writing up a storm. I've been using a couple of note sharing and word processing apps on my phone to jot down all of my story ideas and poetic verses. Now I am at the point where I can pretty much make up a decent story whenever I whip out my android phone. My phone also has its own slide out mini keyboard so I am able to type out my ideas as fast as I do on my laptop. It really is my new favorite writing tool. So far I believe I've written about a hundred or so new poems and over a dozen short stories/other prose. At first I wasn't certain what I would do with so much new material but then I decided to do what I originally set out to do... self-publish more of my own books! So in addition to putting together a new poetry collection I will also be putting together my very FIRST short story & prose collection. Of course as of right now they are under working titles but so far look to be quite promising. I am rather anxious to see them completed; especially my first collection of shorts. I also plan on having some kind of contest in order to promote and give away two copies of each book. I have yet to sell more than a handful of copies of my other books but what concerns me most is getting my work in the hands of a wider and more diverse audience. I shall maintain a positive outlook towards the near future. :-)

Here are links to my other blogs  in case you'd like to keep more up to date with my progress. I do tend to post much more on them since my phone is now linked to them. Here you go:
www.maniacalartist.blogspot.com
www.buddhkist.wordpress.com
http://universality-buddhkist.blogspot.com/

 Had a nice lunch with my Mom today. Ate some fantastic Hawaiian BBQ. I even ate a Mahi-Mahi fillet. Very underrated fish. Then went to Target to browse around. I flipped through some of the paperback books and took a big wiff of that newly printed book smell. I've always adored that smell; something about it just reminds me of how limitless knowledge can be.
 I didn't do much writing today. Well, nothing other than this post but I will rectify that later tonight. I know I gotta' at least get down another 1,000 words for the day. Oh I also forgot to mention that I purchased a DVD collection of old western movies. The collection itself is titled Mean Guns. Haven't watched it yet but looking forward to it.

 Question of the day: If you could travel back in time to the days of the old west and remain there... would you?