Writing
Inscrutable: Ode to Monday, January 4, 2021
Monday is my favorite day of the week. Occasionally, I write it love notes.
Monday is my favorite day of the week. Occasionally, I write it love notes.
I was out of control as a teen. Raised in a relatively strict, conservative household, I had the appearance of an obedient child but inside there was a roiling mass of emotions driving choices that as I became more independent led to behaviors motivated by base human instincts: to belong, Read more…
Maggie Stiefvater’s writing invites the reader to fill in the blanks, to strain to see what she’s painting with her word-brush, and to participate in the search to understand these characters, their choices, and what happens to them. I’m a fan.
The golden rule: The story is king Of course the story is king! It seems obvious, but sometimes authors get off track and climb onto a soapbox. If you’ve ever written a story and received feedback that it was “too preachy”, I have a few tips that might help. (Useful Read more…
Every once in a while during my online wanderings, I find a gold mine. Atlas Obscura is a collection of weird and interesting facts (people, places, inventions, animals, discoveries), sure to spark ideas in the writer’s brain. The posts are short and usually photo-rich, and you can even have a digest Read more…
Novels have long been treated as the ultimate, most legitimate story form for fiction writers. Novels are still the dominant story form, but with the changes in reading tech other forms are gaining popularity. Transformation in technology over the past 20 years have created an entirely different landscape for creators Read more…