Faint Echoes from the Canyon

I have arrived in my summer home.

It took me this long to find Internet access, as the wireless in my apartment has decided to play hide-and-seek — and I can't find it.

For the uninitiated, I am spending the next four months (Lord willing) in beautiful Estes Park, Colorado. By day I will be a regular old barista, an espresso jockey, at the historic Stanley Hotel. By night (or in most cases, late afternoon and weekends) I will be a budding freelance writer.

My seasonal occupation could be seen as an irresponsible, irrational impulse. Or it could be seen as a glorious attempt to merge a Colorado summer with the solitary, isolated conditions in which great writers thrive. Take your pick.

This blog is my attempt at maximizing my prolificacy as a writer. I will continue writing for the prestigious Film Score Monthly Online magazine. I will also (hopefully) be writing small feature stories and shopping them around to magazines and newspapers. This blog is a way for me to update family and friends on my whereabouts and happenings and whatnots, while also spurring me to write, write, write.

So stick around! The fun's just getting started (though the fun may be spontaneous and infrequent if my blasted internet doesn't reveal itself soon).