Back to Basics: Types of Writing
The whole idea to bring a project to the very basics is to untie knots, to find an exit in an alley. As creative individuals, writers struggle with a lot of things; which is why I was thinking of...
View ArticleWriting Like My Life Depended On it
Sometimes you have to retool. Take it back in the shop. Go back to the drawing board. Or just plain light a fire underneath your backside. That’s what I’ve been doing for the past couple weeks, not...
View ArticleThe ghosts at the gate
Let them in… I already have a general idea in my head what the sequel needs to be about. I can see it forming in my mind’s eye like a figure in the mist. Not quite sure what it is, but there’s...
View ArticleYou can’t download Stephen King’s next book. Will that matter?
Credit: AP/Elise Amendola I’m not sure what to think. I’m a longtime fan of Stephen King, ever since I read a copy of “The Stand” that I picked up at a friend’s house in Chicago nearly 30 years ago....
View ArticleI will be Jack Vance when I grow up
This is the stuff inspiration is made of After reading the obituary of science fiction author Jack Vance in the New York Times the other day, I have decided at age 55 that this is what I want to be...
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