In the last post I had stated that maybe I would put the bit of a possible story up on my web page. I had intended to. I had even created a page for it. I was going to create a button with a “Work …
Read MoreDisparate thoughts, Random connections, Odd coincidences, and Strange dreams. . . Where do story Ideas come from?
Probably the most often posed question to any writer is “Where do you get ideas for stories?” I’m guessing the truth for most writers would be that they don’t actually know, at least not in the general sense. If you ask them about specific stories, …
Read MoreA Porcelain Doll Now Haunts Me. But That’s Often the Way Things Begin—the makings of a Story.
If you’ll remember, dear reader . . . Just kidding. I’ll never be that formal with you, unless I’m doing so tongue-in-cheek. Okay, maybe I will. Thinking about it, you are dear to me. How could you not be? Look at yourself. How could you …
Read MoreVictorian Murder: Gritty, Grimy, Bloody and Brutal. It’s not at all Cozy!
Much like Victorian daily life, murder wasn’t pretty. Is it ever? Murder, I mean. Or, one can easily imagine . . . It surprises me that author Alex Grecian gets a lot of flack (at least as far as a few reviews go) for being …
Read MoreAnd now for something really scary!
Sometimes when in the middle of formatting a book you can’t help but stop and read passages. You are always, of course, on the lookout for errors. They are there aplenty, believe me. Okay, maybe not as bad as I just made that sound. But …
Read MoreYou don’t have to live it to write it; you simply have to imagine it.
I like Hemingway, but often think he did not help writers or the art and craft of writing by perpetuating certain myths. For instance, the myth that you have to live it to write about it—whatever it might be. You don’t! As Stephen King points …
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