Posted Mar 28 2010 in Miscellany
Nearly eighteen years ago, I fell in love. Blind, complete, awe-inspiring, breathless love. In May of 1992, I met my newborn son and life began for me… everything up until that moment was just a prelude. In the years that have passed since his birth, I’ve run the emotional gamut. Up-all-night exhaustion when he had […]
Read More...Posted Mar 25 2010 in Miscellany
I love reading books devoted to improving our mastery of the craft. King’s On Writing, Maass’ The Fire in Fiction… every time I read advice from a seasoned veteran, I’m inspired to greater things that are (I hope) evident in my writing. I’m just finishing Hooked, by Les Edgerton. It’s a book devoted to writing […]
Read More...Posted Mar 24 2010 in Miscellany
New opening scene for Send: God must have been bullied as a kid. Only a supreme being with a deep appreciation for irony would put me, a former bully, front row to a varsity football player built like some Cro-Magnon neanderthal about to pummel a skinny freshman. I searched the empty parking lot. I had […]
Read More...Posted Mar 14 2010
Where do writers find ideas? Some wait for inspiration to strike, praying for their muse. Others seem to find ideas around every corner, juggling multiple works in progress at once. Consider TV series writers, who churn out script after script every week. Where do they find their ideas? Law & Order writers rip their ideas […]
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