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 …
It sometimes takes a while for the topic of these posts to come to mind. This one had come from a seed of an idea that I had earlier in the week. The seed wasn’t quite what I was looking for – although I didn’t know it at the time. Back on Tuesday, I was …
Welcome, everyone to another installment of Five Thing Thursday and… Here are Five Things I want you to Know: Thing #1: Being ahead of schedule is awesome. I wonder how long I can keep it up. Thing #2: The Next installment of my Monthly Newsletter is going to go live in just 7 days. If …
Every character has a past. When you set out to tell a story, you’re starting at a particular moment in your character’s lives, but what about everything that went on before? It’s been said that the sum total of our pasts comes together to make us who we are today and the same thing goes …
Welcome, everyone to another installment of Five Thing Thursday and… Here are Five Things I want you to Know: Thing #1: It’s been a week. I want you to know that it’s ok to take time for yourself to recover/recharge. So if, (like I am) you’re feeling guilty about slowing down or stopping briefly, Remember: …
I did a lot of work yesterday. Purely physical stuff, cleaning out stalls, mowing, etc. and this morning I’m still coasting on the mental high. During the later part of last evening, I started to examine why it was I felt so good about doing all that work. I’ll get to that in a moment, …
Welcome, everyone to another installment of Five Thing Thursday and… Here are Five Things I want you to Know: Thing #1: There are so many good books being released, from so many fabulous people. Go great yourself to one. Thing #2: I am, at the same time, not ready to start including socks as part …