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July 30, 2017
She Has a Name
Creative thinking flows in and out, between thoughts, and feeds more creative thinking. I realized about halfway through this past week that the new character I wrote about last weekend had emerged from an idea that I’d incorporated in the …
July 23, 2017
Character: The First Appearance
Yesterday, I had a great afternoon of writing fiction! All the pent up creative energy flowed out onto the page and my imagination just played, and played, and played. The result: a finished first draft of a story that had … Continue reading →
July 16, 2017
It’s all in the timing….
This morning, I stumbled across a brief interview with a young Whiting Award-winning writer, Kaitlyn Greenidge, in the September 2017 issue of The Writer. She was asked: “What is the most important thing you’ve learned about writing?” Her response: “I … Continue reading →
July 9, 2017
How to Develop Ideas for Stories
Most writers have been asked how they come up with their stories, where do they get their ideas, or some variation on that theme. No one ever asks how the ideas actually become the stories. After all, ideas are only … Continue reading →
July 2, 2017
Character: Power
The July/August issue of The Atlantic offers a fascinating article by Jerry Useem about how having power actually changes the human brain. The mental abilities that enable someone to rise in society into a powerful position end up disappearing … Continue reading →
June 25, 2017
Writers and Actors: Daniel Day-Lewis
This past week, Summer began and Daniel Day-Lewis announced that he was retiring from acting. At first, I thought it was one of those internet jokes that pop up all the time. But no. This news was real. So, I … Continue reading →
June 17, 2017
The Cost of Being Independent
The May 2017 issue of The Writer is chock full of helpful and interesting articles! Since I’m working to pay off debt incurred from e-publishing Perceval’s Secret, I was particularly interested in the article, “Going Rogue: Is Self-publishing right for … Continue reading →
June 3, 2017
Book Review: “Devil’s Trill” by Gerald Elias
For me, the mark of a good story is if I continue to think about it long after I’ve finished reading it. Well, Devil’s Trill, a mystery by Gerald Elias has been on my mind since I finished reading it … Continue reading →
May 27, 2017
What makes a writer?
This past week, I had a conversation with a young man who was interested in writing. He enjoyed working with words when he wrote business correspondence, and he believed he had a knack for finding the right words for whatever … Continue reading →
May 21, 2017
Big Classical Music
It’s been a month full of getting used to a new fulltime job and having no time for much of anything else but eating and sleeping. I’d forgotten how demanding the adjustment process can be. So, I apologize for my … Continue reading →
