Living Dangerously: December 2010

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Weston Ochse is a former intelligence officer and special operations soldier who has engaged enemy combatants, terrorists, narco smugglers, and human traffickers. His personal war stories include performing humanitarian operations over Bangladesh, being deployed to Afghanistan, and a near miss being cannibalized in Papua New Guinea. His fiction and non-fiction has been praised by USA Today, The Atlantic, The New York Post, The Financial Times of London, and Publishers Weekly. The American Library Association labeled him one of the Major Horror Authors of the 21st Century. His work has also won the Bram Stoker Award, been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, and won multiple New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards. A writer of more than 26 books in multiple genres, his military supernatural series SEAL Team 666 has been optioned to be a movie starring Dwayne Johnson. His military sci fi series, which starts with Grunt Life, has been praised for its PTSD-positive depiction of soldiers at peace and at war. Weston likes to be called a chaotic good paladin and challenges anyone to disagree. After all, no one can really stand a goody two-shoes lawful good character. They can be so annoying. It's so much more fun to be chaotic, even when you're striving to save the world. You can argue with him about this and other things online at Living Dangerously or on Facebook at Badasswriter. All content of this blog is copywrited by Weston Ochse.

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Holiday Season -ODF

The holiday season is working the crap out of me. Between work, buying presents, trying to get new light strings (and then hang them) for the house, writing projects, my dear old government sending me packing to the far reaching corners of the globe, and the basic sundries of every day life, I don't have a second to spare. How is it that the rest of you are able to get so many things done and hear I am ODF*!

I wish I had the time to do all the things I want to do. And now today, I'm packing up and leaving for the rest of the week. Going to spend some quality time in Tacoma freezing my cajones off. Although I love the holidays, I can't wait for them to be over so there are fewer things competing with my time.

* ODF literally means Out Dere Flapping (Out There Flapping). Those who spent time in the service will recognize this. ODF metaphorically means I am outside flapping my arms and getting nowhere. Learn it. Love it. Use it. ODF.