Yesterday, I posted the last of four chapters that ‘set up’ a challenge coin showdown for John Cronin in the first Grey Man, Vignettes. I wrote the novel because I hated perfect characters that never made a mistake, and always … Continue reading
Category Archives: Writing
Kevin handed out an assignment as part of his class, 1000 words with the following cue- Looking at Paris in this light. I wasn’t sure what to do with that cue, and kicked a couple of different ideas around before … Continue reading
Readers, and ‘others’… Y’all can read a LOT faster than we can write, which is a given. A lot of folks will read a 90,000 word novel in 3-6 hours. However, writers work at different ‘speeds’ if you will. I … Continue reading
You are either bored, or need a laugh… I was the guest this week on Writer Dojo. HERE is the link to their site, with the options to listen to the podcast. We talked primarily about writing, education of writers, … Continue reading
This is ‘my’ approach to writing short stories, take it for what it’s worth… e.g. $0… Seven little items I use… A character In context (e.g. what genre) With a problem Try/fail cycle by the character (fail) Try/fail cycle by … Continue reading
This came up yesterday at our work day at the Legion. Imagine if you will, a bunch of grumpy old men taking a break and sitting drinking Navy coffee… 🙂 Talking about the ‘old days’ before everything got transmitted via … Continue reading
My friend Stretch sent this as a response to my research post- Some additional search resources you can use to find things! www.refseek.com – Academic Resource Search. More than a billion sources: encyclopedia, monographies, magazines. www.worldcat.org – a search for the contents … Continue reading
Or how far down the rabbit hole do you go??? TL;DR everyone writes differently! Now that I’ve said that… I started writing because I hated the perfect characters and how often the weapons were misportrayed (e.g. WRONG). Now I have … Continue reading
Or how to grab your readers with those first lines of your stories… These were collected and shared around a number of years ago, but hold true even today! Note that a number of the authors are women… DON’T LOOK … Continue reading
Welp, looks like I’m DONE with Draft 2 Digital… Got this yesterday from them after a month of back and forth BS, including sending them a copy of my IRS issued EIN paperwork! Hello, As described in a prior notification, … Continue reading