I love writing, but some days it’s pretty hard. Ok, most days. And this little metaphor kind of popped into my head recently. It’s one way to look at writing. Not the only way, but I’ll bet many of my fellow authors can relate. Ever meet a guy selling water in a rain storm? Writing is …
Well, I hadn’t planned on writing anything today, but Jenelle Schmidt challenged me to the 777 writing challenge and, like any would-be knight errant in training, I cannot resist a good challenge, can I? Here’s how the 777 writing challenge works. To participate, a writer must go to the 7th page of their current work-in-progress, go to the …
“Writing is like farm work. Solitary, demanding, and you don’t do it for the money.” – Sibella Giorello
My reading adventure may have begun in the deep, deep, woods, but after entering into that moss covered kingdom of enchantment, I lost my way for a time. Despite my fond memories of the books which I had read to me as a child, and despite the fact that this generally leads to children wanting …
Lost letters, foundering dreams, drowning destinies. Sometimes we get to points in life where we wonder if we aren’t missing something or if our lives would not have been different had we said this or not said that. Such is the underlying premise of “Signed, Sealed, Delivered”, a TV show about four postal workers in a Colorado …
When you write, you see things in a new light. By definition a writer must press pause on life and then play it back very slowly as he writes for writing is a long, lengthy process. One recent change in perspective which has come about due to my writing has to do with the color …
Art takes time. It’s one of those realities writers have to face. And at this moment, caught up as am in writing the final book of The Chronotrace series, I feel somewhat gassed, like a runner about to enter that last lap and wondering if he has what it takes to keep that kick going until the …
Ray Bradbury on plot: “Plot is no more than footprints left in the snow after your characters have run by on their way to incredible destinations.”
