Nothing Compelling Was Created...

Pretty proud of this one. It was written at a time of great stress and was a therapy piece. It was a rare circumstance when the words just showed up. As a writer, this is your goal state. It’s why you spend all that time writing garbage. You’re developing your muscles so that when you really need to write, your brain clears the deck and writes. 

Weirdly, I already had a piece called The Loop in the slush pile that I never published. It was prep for the morning piece, which fits nicely into the arc of the next book.

Finally, yes, those are fake names, but when I wrote the piece, they were real names. I have a policy on the weblog to not write about actual people. But, uh, I have no such policy for my books, so... the printed version will be different. 

Happy Almost Holidays,

Your pal,

Rands

The Loop, published on November 19th, 2025 – he liked it.