B.J.Smith 📚 @bjsmith@toot.cafe

Hi. I write fiction and other prose when my day job as a technical writer and editor doesn't interfere.

You can find me any time at The Smith Compound, an imaginary place in thin, dry air between the mountains and the dusty plains​.
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https://smithcompound.wordpress.com/

#introduction

Americans' fascination with British royals always baffles me. Call me names if you must, but I just can't bring myself to care about their weddings, little royal babies, divorces, birthdays or funerals.

Staying away from the telly for a bit. What about you?

The Smith Compound has no walls or fences topped with razor wire, no armed guards standing around, no locked doors.

It’s an imaginary place in thin, dry air between the mountains and the dusty plains.

smithcompound.wordpress.com/books/
#amwriting #amreading #fiction #reality #writing

Final words about jury duty, a Boulder murder trial, and vicarious trauma

https://goo.gl/nFjqiL

#crime #crimefiction #amwriting #amreading #boulder #colorado

Unwritten memoir

The story of a man
is not his alone
and not his to tell,
but only his to live.

Those he loves,
and who love him,
read his story as it unfolds,
as do others who care or matter
and who will tell it to others
or let it end
as it ends,
and that will be fine.

The story of a man
is joys inspired,
and pains inflicted,
and sins committed
and forgiven, or not.

The story of a man
need not be written
for it to live on.

Metaphors be with you.

#bumpersticker seen on the way home today

When message trumps spelling and grammar

#writing #writeoutloud #socialmedia

https://smithcompound.wordpress.com/2018/04/08/when-message-trumps-spelling-and-grammar/

Mocking a person over spelling in social media marks you as a snob.

More on this Sunday morning at The Smith Compound. https://smithcompound.wordpress.com

#amwriting #editing #blogging #writing #writeoutloud

Called to jury duty today. Potential fodder for a good crime story?

#amwriting #crimefiction

Hi. I write fiction and other prose when my day job as a technical writer and editor doesn't interfere.

You can find me any time at The Smith Compound, an imaginary place in thin, dry air between the mountains and the dusty plains​.
​
https://smithcompound.wordpress.com/

#introduction