Only Dave Smith
@onlydavesmith
The voices in my head come out my fingers. Fictionalized version of myself. Unreliably unreadable. Ottawa, home to the coldest hot air. Be the first on your street, or just about any street, to read my blog! www.onlydavesmith.com
So, on this the wettest August holiday weekend ever, we can be grateful that no forests near us are burning, grateful that Queen Victoria chose a capital three days march from the USA, and especially grateful that the day is filled with holiday activities.
This ant found a dead bug on the top of my barbecue. How it drags it home should be a Christopher Nolan film.
A post about a guilty pleasure. No stereotypes here, of course. Read it NOW! Or NOW! onlydavesmith.com?p=666
“ … an Canadian President …” Yikes! BBC editor a little sleepy today? Two wildly different errors to brighten my day.
The secret to writing historical fiction. onlydavesmith.com?p=659 #amwriting #fictionwriting #homeandaway
The nameless reader for whom I am writing, that entity out there I am trying to satisfy because I cannot write for everyone, wants to know what happens next. They want to be shown, but they also want to participate, perhaps to see things that characters do not. New post! onlydavesmith.com?p=650
When I read, I want to be curious, I want to be surprised, I want to be engaged in looking ahead at the consequences of conflicts and decisions. This sort of novel has a narrative dominated by events and a journey of dynamic awareness. onlydavesmith.com?p=650 #writingcommunity #plotandcharacter
In a little Blue Sky miracle, this came up in my feed immediately before your post.
In case you've forgotten. A post about forgetting. onlydavesmith.com?p=643 #writingprocess #amwriting #editingprocess #donttrytosellmebetaservicesplease
Sights, sounds, and smells can be remarkable triggers to activate memories we didn’t know we had, memories that help us understand that the past has a purpose, that to be is to have been. New post. #amwriting #amediting #writingcommunity #inappropriatefarting onlydavesmith.com?p=643
Been waiting all year for coffee. Also been waiting all year to say that. Going to have to wait all year to say it again. May 2026 be less of a shit show than 2025.