Welcome, everyone to another installment of Five Thing Thursday and… Here are Five Things I want you to Know: Thing #1: The Border Collie has figured out that when she stands by the door, I’ll take her outside. Now, when she wants out – for any reason at all – she’ll stand by the door. …
About a month ago, I decided that I wanted to explore various bits of well-known writing advice and try and articulate what each one means to me. I’ll note now, and I should have noted this in the beginning, that nothing in here is anything that I’d call a “Rule.” If you find that this …
Welcome, everyone to another installment of Five Thing Thursday and… Here are Five Things I want you to Know: Thing #1: It’s been looking like Fall for a while now. Only yesterday was it beginning to smell like fall. You know, that leafy smell. It’s not unpleasant, but it does herald the onset of late …
Three weeks ago, I decided that I wanted to explore various bits of well-known writing advice and try and articulate what each one means to me. I’ll note now, and I should have noted this in the beginning that nothing in here is anything that I’d call a “Rule.” If you find that this works …
Welcome, everyone to another installment of Five Thing Thursday and… Here are Five Things I want you to Know: Thing #1: It’s easy to lose focus under the guise of Multitasking. Thing #2: Now, more than ever, take some time to unplug and step away from it for a little while. Thing #3: There are …
Two weeks ago, I decided that I wanted to explore various bits of well-known writing advice and try and articulate what each one means to me. I’ll note now, and I should have noted this in the beginning that nothing in here is anything that I’d call a “Rule.” If you find that this works …
Welcome, everyone to another installment of Five Thing Thursday and… Here are Five Things I want you to Know: Thing #1: If I was going to rank the bands who had a formative effect on my musical tastes as I was growing up, Van Halen would be among them. Rest in Peace, Eddie – and …
I decided to take a look at bits of writing advice and examine what they mean to me as a writer. Rather than jump off with the usual “Write what you know” stuff – though I’ll get to that later – I started with: “Write without Fear. Edit without Mercy.” I tackled the first part …
Welcome, everyone to another installment of Five Thing Thursday and… Here are Five Things I want you to Know: Thing #1: Fall turned on this year like Mother Nature flipped a switch. I’m digging it. Trees turning color, warm-ish days, and cool nights. Thing #2: The latest edition of my Newsletter went live today. If …