WRITER on WRITING

Let’s have a little moment of truth between us. At some point or another, for any number of possible reasons, most of us have been in a posi...

A couple weeks ago I talked about a certain kind of opening that shows up in a lot of books and movies. It’s when that prologue or first cha...

A few weeks back I talked about things getting their genres mid-identified , and afterwards somebody asked an interesting follow up. Namel...

I’ve been talking about genre writing for a few weeks now, I know, but I actually had one last thing that’s been tickling my brain. I...

Like a lot of you, I’m still feeling a little overwhelmed by everything going on right now . Awe-inspiring stuff. Long overdue stuff. But ...

Another quick post. Something that crossed my mind the other day. A little odd for a mostly writing blog, I know, but I wanted to talk abou...

Today, I was hoping we could have a quick talk about that mysterious figure across the street.  You know the one.  Over there.  The person...

Well, it was fun taking March off , but now I’m back to work on a new project.   Working on a new outline.   And buffing a few rough edges ...

              Y’know, I realized I haven’t done a pop-culture reference in ages, and I’m honestly not sure if I keep thinking of too-obscu...