Jim Stitzel
Jack-of-All-Trades, Master of WordsExcerpts from Life
NaNoWriMo 2013 – Day One
So November is National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). I've wanted to participate for several years now, but November is the time of year when things usually start to get really crazy in our family's schedule, especially as the holiday season approaches. Previous...
Living with Depression
Dealing with depression is not an easy thing to do. I think I'm finally on the upswing of this latest bout -- and thank God it only lasted a couple of days this time -- but like usual it's left me exhausted, weepy, and discouraged. I hate talking about it, especially...
The Lie of Buying on Credit
A little over a year ago, my wife and I decided to effectively blow away all our credit cards. We were tired of the debt, you see, and had decided to work hard at aggressively paying off all our current debts. Part of this plan involved getting rid of our credit cards...
Fiction
Beautiful Triumph
An adolescent boy, nude but for a spotlessly white loincloth. Great feathered wings sprout from his shoulder blades, so perfectly clean and glorious that anyone who saw them would be instantly blinded. But of course there are none who can. He stands in the middle of...
Air invasion
Klaxons. Klaxons everywhere. Truly this was it. It was the dead of night, of course. They never attacked during the day. That was too obvious, and we'd see them coming a mile away -- on a cloudless day. (And even on overcast days, they always mysteriously waited 'til...
The Business at Hand
"Telemetry from the probe has been parsed and analyzed, Captain," Lady responds. The ship's voice is a soothing alto, designed to accommodate for the crew as they recover. "The data has already been uploaded to your stations and synced with your datapads for your...