Okay, I don’t think I’m actually losing my creativity, but something weird happened the other night. I set out to write a blog post on how I started writing the Civil War dark tales series of stories. I remembered having written a short scene about …
Read More“China-Ching,” an odd, dark story of despair, desperation, and defiance. Also, what a reader brings to a story or book.
I covered G. Ranger Wormser’s book, The Scarecrow and other stories, in the last post, but I wanted to talk about this particular story for very specific reasons. While there were a number of strange and interesting stories in the book, “China-Ching” stands out. It’s …
Read MoreThe Scarecrow, and Write Play Love. Unintentionally identical versus intentionally similar titles.
I did a search on Amazon (and a Google search also) before deciding to use The Scarecrow for a title to the fourth volume of my Dark Tales of the Civil War series. Nothing much came up, surprisingly, other than The Wizard of Oz references, …
Read MoreThe Case for Hard Case Crime
Finally, I get to the post where I talk about Hard Case Crime. If you are a Noir/Pulp fiction fan like myself, then you need to check out the imprint/publishers of the Hard Case Crime series. The Covers!!! Need I say more? The cover art …
Read MoreCharacterization by way of narrative voice, dialogue, and colloquialism as opposed to straight-up description. Also, errors and reviews.
The following is a snippet from my book, Pirate Tales. The bit is from the story “Bawdy, Bonny Sally.” The character speaking is named Riley, and he narrates the whole story: All in all, it was quite pleasant sittin’ there with this natuv girl. …
Read MoreGoodreads Giveaway of The Red Kimono!
100 copies to be given away. Enter to win! Goodreads Book Giveaway The Red Kimono by Mark Stattelman Giveaway ends October 18, 2020. See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter Giveaway
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