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An Experiment in Writing – Part 15: Author Voice, Character Voice (Part 1)

This experiment starts a thread which looks to be three posts long. So far, anyway. My goal is to demonstrate that character voice – the way a character talks, the words they use, how they emphasize things, grammatical and linguistic quirks, … – reveal character, including any changes they’ve gone through as the story/novel progresses. … Continue reading "An Experiment in Writing – Part 15: Author Voice, Character Voice (Part 1)"

Fains I (A John Chance Mystery) Chapter 5 – O’ Brother Where Art Thou?

Fains I (A John Chance Mystery) Chapter 5 – O’ Brother Where Art Thou?   Commander Tom Knox sat on one side of a large oak conference table in Naval Station New York’s Reagan Boardroom. His duffel and backpack were on the seat and floor beside him. An athletically thin, middle-aged woman with thick, flowing, … Continue reading "Fains I (A John Chance Mystery) Chapter 5 – O’ Brother Where Art Thou?"

Kits at the Tray

Each year (this video is from a while back) we sigh happily when our local mothers introduce us to their children. Not sure if I ever shared this (human) anecdote: I often walk Boo (our dog) past school bus stops and chat with the kids and parents. One of the kids told me she wasn’t … Continue reading "Kits at the Tray"

An Experiment in Writing – Part 14: Exposition via Character Revelation via Deep POV

This experiment follows a thread/arc started in An Experiment in Writing – Part 12: Overwriting, Toing and Froing and continued in An Experiment in Writing – Part 13: Exposition via Dialogue, the latter being wherein I offered   I use Deep POV a lot and suggest it for the very purpose I demonstrate here: to … Continue reading "An Experiment in Writing – Part 14: Exposition via Character Revelation via Deep POV"

What Would It Be Like To… now on BizCatalyst 360°

Sometime towards the end of December 2024, I talked privately with 360° Nation’s Founder and Chief Reimaginator Dennis Pitocco and explained my participation in group meetings would be spotty, iffy, at best moving forward. My reason is simple; the meetings weren’t filling any of my needs. This is indigenous to me and I’m not claiming … Continue reading "What Would It Be Like To… now on BizCatalyst 360°"

Fains I (A John Chance Mystery) Chapter 4 – Alone in the Dark

Fains I (A John Chance Mystery) Chapter 4 – Alone in the Dark   Vincent Quarrals watched Monique Modine exit Marin’s store from deep in the shadows of Campbell’s barn. Al and Blanche left years ago, Al to shack up with some woman in norhtern Maine and Blanche to some California nuts-and-berries, back-to-the-earth ashram. They … Continue reading "Fains I (A John Chance Mystery) Chapter 4 – Alone in the Dark"

Chowing Down at Chez Carrabis

Sometimes The Wild blesses us in ways unexpected. Here we have an example. Food placed in trays for raccoons is snarfed up by birds. All sorts of birds. Okay, not pterodactyls. Okay, pterodactyls are not birds. Bird wannabees, maybe? Bird forerunners. Yeah, that’s better. Bird forerunners. Doesn’t matter, really. Except I’d rather have trays full … Continue reading "Chowing Down at Chez Carrabis"

My “War Crimes” now in Panoply

War Crimes is a flash piece which grew out of my research into clashing cultures.   The sad part is the story is based on real events of the 20th century. A friend recently told me about England’s “grooming gangs” and, in my ignorance, I wondered if he meant roving beauticians doing random makeovers in … Continue reading "My “War Crimes” now in Panoply"

An Experiment in Writing – Part 13: Exposition via Dialogue

  Wow. Talk about having an opinion. There’s not much I can suggest to the lazy author, both this experiment and the next offer some ways to for non-lazies to get information to the author in a way which keeps the reader engaged and the story moving forward.   Think I’m onto something? Take a … Continue reading "An Experiment in Writing – Part 13: Exposition via Dialogue"

Fains I (A John Chance Mystery) Chapter 3 – We Can Get Whatever You Want

Fains I (A John Chance Mystery) Chapter 3 – We Can Get Whatever You Want   Lawrence Martin watched the newcomer. She came in confidently – a good thing, one-twenty pounds or so, five-six and something, dressed for the weather except for a silk scarf around her neck and over her shoulders with a bunch … Continue reading "Fains I (A John Chance Mystery) Chapter 3 – We Can Get Whatever You Want"