During the rare time waster and guilty pleasure of channel surfing the other night, I discovered a documentary about pop entrepreneur will.i.am (aka William James Adams). He has always been an enigma to me, best known as a character in … Continue reading →
Tips and tricks abound to aid the creative process. I’ve become familiar with some very clever ones, often through the warm and wise counsel of accomplished author Catherine A. Noon. She introduced me to the multi-talented Julia Cameron, for example, … Continue reading →
Recently I resumed gardening with a vengeance, renovating neglected areas of the yard as summer simmers in my region of the United States. Succumbing to cliché, I can’t help making an analogy with my fiction writing and the situation currently … Continue reading →
I am considering changing my career and have gone back to the basics, which for me, is What Color Is Your Parachute by Richard Nelson Bolles (which, if you haven’t read it or it’s been awhile, go pick up the new … Continue reading →
I’m writing this post two days late because I forgot when it was due. Unfortunately, the online calendar I relied upon to keep track has been dismantled, the domain name now up for grabs. It’s just a modern example of … Continue reading →
It’s common knowledge that emotions show unconsciously in our body language. In jurisdictions practicing wise policy, police officers and their ilk receive training to translate this instantly, enabling life saving reactions to armed suspects about to shoot – or not. … Continue reading →
It’s no secret that I’m participating with National Novel Writing Month (NaNo for short). Sadly, I find myself in a very different place from when I wrote my Writer Wednesday installment for this blog. Today I sit at the keyboard … Continue reading →
Today I find myself nearly smack in the middle of National Novel Writing Month. If you’re a writer, I hope you’re with me. This, my third effort, started shakily. With only a title thought up on a whim, one character … Continue reading →
My friend, Kimberley Troutte, is up for several awards and I wanted to chat with her about the awards process and how it fits in with the rest of her writing. She was kind enough to take time out of … Continue reading →
Have you ever set a goal for yourself, like, “I’ll finish this story by X date,” and then realized your mind’s gone blank? Yeah, me too. I wanted to have the next chapter of The Night Is a Harsh Mistress … Continue reading →