FRANKLYN C. THOMAS

Hello, all you beautiful people!  How goes it?   It’s October already.  How did that happen?  For most people, October signals the start...

September 11th has, over the last two decades, become a day of mourning and reflection for the country.  It was the day we lost our air...

So, sometime last year, I wrote a post about being burnt out.   I lost interest in a lot of things that I knew I loved, mostly because...

I did plan on posting more in February. For real, I had a list of topics planned out, including a list of unsung heroes and heroines from...

As a nation, the United States engages with its national anthem more than any other country on Earth.  Most of the time, national anthems...

It’s another round of postwar follies in Christopher Moore’s 2022 novel, Razzmatazz.

The last couple of weeks, I’ve talked about the ways that last year wasn’t quite up to snuff.  I talked about how, due to the craziness...

Talking about empty cups… The overriding theme of 2023 for me was that I need to show up for myself.  I’ve talked at length recently...

Okay, so… The last time we really talked was in the summer.  I had written a bit about being burnt out, and how I had turned the corner...

My review of Thom Carnell's latest short story anthology.

There’s nothing that creatives fear more than things that make them stop creating. I have a harsh fear of writer’s block. You know what...

A couple of weekends ago, my wife surprised me with tickets to Emerald City Comic Con. I should tell the whole story. It was my turn to...

Hi. I’m Frank. I’m a writer, and this is Work in Progress, my shamelessly self-promoting blog on my even more shamelessly...

Hey everybody! Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season complete with laughter, warmth, smooth travel, and family...

I didn’t quite get to 50K. I’ve had a week to deal with it, to let that simmer in my brain. I failed NaNoWriMo this year. I fell behind...

It's a new personal best for NaNoWriMo!

We're rolling! I hit the 20,000-word mark earlier today and I still feel like I'm getting warmed up! This is the fastest I've ever...

A young telekinetic woman is given a deal: work for a nameless government organization or spend the rest of her life as a lab rat and...

Your mission, should you choose to accept...

My grandmother recently celebrated her 103rd birthday, and as long as she’s still here, I will never not celebrate it.