robert_gage

personal website revamped

Sun, 27 Dec 2009 07:50:02 GMT

revamped my personal website - worried a couple of the images from Hubble might be too busy or loud...

www.stellardestiny.com

Robert

moved

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:01:34 GMT

Got moved and settled into new apartment. The living set-up is good, bad fungi chi or whatever it's called, my back when at the desk is to the door. But over-all, it's set up good. Getting interment good time to write. One of the kids (22) passed his driving test, it won't be long until he has a car and that will free me up of driving them around everyday. Robert

unemployed

Sun, 06 Sep 2009 01:04:25 GMT

Joined the ranks of unemployed July 17th. Still waiting for unemployment benefits to kick in, provided my former employer doesn't fight it. Should find out by this coming Wed.

Did a little writing, difficult when worried about money, truck repo pending and behind on rent. Once the unemployment kicks in, can rest a little easier and get some writing done between job hunting. A my age 52 and the US ecomony, ha. ha. ha....

Was planing on self publishing one of my earlier SF stories via create space and amazon.com / Once my unemployment kicks in, will pay a friend with editing experience to red pen first, then go and fix errors. Have a cover design in mind for it.

Will keep everyone posted,

Robert

Desk Images / Yes the monitor flips, allows more page to view when writing/editing

Mon, 25 May 2009 00:22:39 GMT

pen name

Mon, 02 Mar 2009 02:48:35 GMT

Pen name

Used
Robert Wolfe
Robert Nevelle
Robert Gage
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Years ago, had a nick name in the music industry. A friend suggested that I use it...

Cosmo...

Mike suggested, Cosmo Ash.... Does have a nice ring to it.

Anythoughts? Should I stay with Robert Gage, revert to another past one or Cosmo Gage, Cosmo Ash - Cosmo by itself and drive bookstores nuts as to where to place it on a shelve - or Cosmo ????

closing in

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:41:16 GMT

Novel writing month is nearing... Goal to avoid all stress....

One stress issue taken care of: Identity theft resolved, no damage done. I have my credit rating on fraud alert for two months. Do not plan on applying for credit anytime soon or moving until after the first of the year, should not effect me.

Robert

thanks

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 01:22:23 GMT

Thanks for all the support of NaNoMo...

Just learned someone around town is used my identity at a "rent to own" place.

The business was closed, so will have to check on that tomorrow....

Ouch, I was hoping to use my VA loan i a year or two for a house... I'm sure my credit rating is under siege at the moment.

Robert

Press the Remote

Tue, 09 Oct 2007 06:05:37 GMT

Something I wrote many years ago...
With Americans new TV viewing season underway, it seemed to fit.

Press The Remote

     Scanning bland television bands.
Nothing new, nothing fresh.
     Voids of mindless muddle.

     Concoctions of grand delusion.
     Dreams of tomorrow, gone.

     Faded blue hazy glows.
    Enslaved and held captive

     Simply press the remote.
     Another station, another snare.
     Trapped in hypnotic trances
     Clutched by idiotic dilemmas.
Disenchanted.

Thumbing, surfing into narrowed realties.

     Father, mother, brother, sister transposed
     With friends in smell rose spaces
Living in unreachable zip-code places
An autograph if you please

     Powerless, just another thumb of the remote.
     In search of perfect friendships. Perfect parents.
     A perfect mate. Perfect children.
     It’s a perfect home life improved.

     Press the remote, again and again.
     Simpletons plight of images.
Tromping the vast mind-fields of broadcast bands.

creating a society - culture for science fiction

Fri, 07 Sep 2007 04:37:59 GMT

Real life partly reflecting an education system for an unpublished novel, Ages Past...

http://abcnews.go.com/WN/story?id=3568769&page=1

The school system in Kansas City, MO has done away with Middle Schools, keeping grades K through Eight in one building, so that students will have one teacher and quote: "The kids will calm down when they can be role models for the younger students"

That theme of "role models" is part the culture's educational system in Ages Past. It is expected for older students too mentor younger students.

Yes, there are vast differences with other parts of their educational system. The role model thing is very present in Ages Past.

There are somethings I've written about future societies that I pray never come true. It's nice to see something postive in a story I've written come to life in reality. Yeah, I do realize my unpublished novel had nothing to do with the changes for the Kansas City school system...

As a writer, feeling the pulse of society is a must.

Sanity is a state of mind, some are more stated than others

Fri, 07 Sep 2007 01:41:07 GMT