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 …
Are you ready to jam? You know English is such a funny language. A word that originally meant “to press tightly” eventually came to refer to the making of fruit preserves, being in a tough situation, and even, strangely, to improvising with other musicians. In my book, The Jammer and the Blade, it has an even different meaning. …
So what’s the word in author land? I don’t do these too often, but I thought I’d post a little update on how things are going with writing, both on the artistic and on the business side. From a financial standpoint, this summer has been anything but a success. Through the Viscera only sold a handful of …
Here’s another wonderful quote from E.B. White: Writing is an act of Faith
Welcome to the Nightstand Books series wherein I once again exhibit the paucity of my reading productivity. Whenever I see my partner in crime, Jenelled Schmidt’s, posts, I realize that I am rapidly fading to the back of the reading class. In my defense I will say that I am always reading something, but it’s just that it …
Last week, on the magical trail of discovery known as Six Degrees of Kool books, Jenelle Schmidt wrote about the quintessential detective, Sherlock Holmes. Though I have never had the pleasure of reading one of his stories, I am certainly familiar with this famous character as well as many of the supporting characters. Among these, Jenelle mentioned …
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne My rating: 3 of 5 stars Melancholy. That’s the word I’d think best describes this book because that is the work which describes its principal character, Captain Nemo. Though Monsier Arronax is the narrator and present in each scene he is overshadowed by the brooding master …
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.”
