C.L. Stegall's Blog: CL Stegall - Writer, page 15

Freedom Like a Drug

One of my dreams of the last decade or so has been to take a trip along the historic Route 66, head straight up to Oklahoma City and turn west to California. To see those old quiet stretches of road and make stops in the small towns that dot the landscape of the once-heavily trodden [...]

Tyler Loves TWON

I wanted to share this wonderful message I received from a friend in California: Subject: Weight of Night Hey CL, Happy Birthday! In addition to wishing you well on your big day, I wanted to let you know that my 13-year-old son, Tyler, read your book last week and absolutely loved it. He has been [...]

Creating Memorable Characters

Today's writing post is a bit more centered than usual. Today I want to focus on one thing: characters. When we create our characters, what is the first thing we think of? Hopefully it isn't just a name. You need depth if you want your character to come alive for the readers. It is my [...]

Werewolves and Stars

We've seen how dark and tragic the tales of demigods can be in Greek mythology. Alas, today's tale is no different. (Surprise!) It seems that pretty much all of the demigods born of divine unions are destined to live difficult if not tragic lives. One would think that the offspring of the ruler of the [...]

Literary Geek Out

Allow me some fanboy revelry during my birthday week, if you will. I've been down with a terrible sinus infection for the last few days (hence missing my usual Monday link posting).  But things are looking up!  Read on to see what I mean. I spent ten years in the military, three as an engineer [...]

This Writer's Journey

Let's talk about writing. I began writing when I was given an assignment in Spanish class in my first year of high school. Mrs. Virginia Griffin.  I still remember her name, because she is the first person to ever encourage me to write. The story was partially in Spanish and written as most fourteen-year-old kids [...]

Of Daimones And Hope

Whenever we talk about gods and goddesses and mythology, the conversation will ultimately come around to religion.  With good reason.  This week we'll discover the legend of Pandora and how her tale mirrors that of the creation theory of Christians. However, the fact of the matter is that Pandora's legend dates back farther than any [...]

Newbies & Goblins & Conflict, Oh My!

I will be enduring all of the joys and pains of moving my residence throughout the weekend so this will be short and sweet for today's Friday Writing post. Today I will promote some other folks who are awesome and have a lot to share, starting with the latest from Bob Mayer and Write It [...]

Songs Of Love and Treachery

Last week we talked about Niobe, the tragic demigod daughter of Tantalus.  In Greek mythology, demigods were quite important aspects of the pantheon. Demigods were half god, half mortal and quite a few of them were heroes – the names of whom with which you would be instantly familiar – yet, not all of them [...]

Prompts, Critiques, Legends and Deviants

Monday is Great Links Day here at The Green Room!  (Okay, okay… hold your applause until the end, please.) First some writing links that I like quite a bit: Here is a nice story writing prompt generator to get the ol' mental juices flowing: Writing Fix.com This one is just goofy fun: The Directors Bureau [...]