If I had to choose, posting meditations and musings on life is probably my favorite kind of blogging. What back in the old days, we used to call “essays.” Fun fact, I actually took an entire course in college on essay writing. It was one of my favorites. Maybe my online ruminations aren’t inspirational to …
I have no idea where this quote comes from. But this writing quote is simple and direct. Sitting around and thinking is part of writing, but at the end of the day, writers write. That’s all there is to it. As with most of these quotes, this one’s as much for myself as everyone else. But …
It was a dark and stormy night. Scurries crept, shadows lurked, stenches wafted, and slithers slunk. The crickets and toads dared not whisper, much less chirp or croak. The only disturbance in all that boggy, fetid tableau was the madman digging with his shovel. Covered in slop and mire from head to toe, he raised and hauled …
When I first started this website, I just wanted a place to share information about my writing and have a few links to my books. I didn’t really like the idea of blogging. I didn’t read any blogs and considered them a vast wasteland of frivolous musings. If I wanted to read something “real” I’d …
Winston Churchill’s phenomenal statesmanship was built upon a bulwark of words. He was one of the most pithy figures in all of history and that is never more on display than in this quote about writing. Churchill, author of 43 books, certainly knew a thing or two about writing and I think most every author …
Today we’re going to take a look a two dystopian visions for the future. But before getting into the nitty-gritty, let’s take a step back and think about stories in general and what their purpose is. Fiction works somewhat like a funhouse mirror. It gives us a different perspective, but ultimately we are still just looking …
How do I love writing? Let me count the ways. But sometimes we have to let our dreams go for a time and see if they come back to us. Find out about that and about some exiting projects I’m working on in collaboration with some other authors this summer!
Weigh anchor and hoist the mizzen mast! Batten down the hatches! Fill the ink wells and run the spell check! Tears will be shed and hearts will be broken, but the writing must go on.
