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 …
Read More“This Writing Thing . . . It’s just a hobby, right? I mean, isn’t it?”
The question stunned me. I was caught completely off guard and didn’t know how to respond. This was about a year or two ago. I was on the phone with a friend of mine. This was someone I had known for almost forty years. There …
Read MoreCall it a “Strange Brew.” Sometimes stories can become a goofy mix of fact and fiction.
First of all, let me apologize for not posting much lately. I have several posts written and ready to go, usually, but then decide I need to go over the content before actually putting the post up, and then I sleep on it and ambivalence …
Read More“River Rendezvous” Is it a story, or just the sketch of a story?
If you have read the last post, you know what the deal is. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to answer the above question, even if the answer stays in your own mind. It would be nice if you shared those thoughts …
Read MoreThe Edgar Award Winners were announced yesterday!
To see the winners, you can go to the link Here: http://theedgars.com/nominees.html You can also watch the awards on YouTube if you like. I just finished watching. Kind of boring, though it is a wonderful thing to see Mystery writers get acclaim, win awards, etc. …
Read MoreA simple, well-written story can be a very beautiful thing.
“The Cookie Lady” by Philip K. Dick is just such a story. This whole post is going to be a SPOILER ALERT! If you want to read the story ahead of time, I understand. The story is probably in an anthology or two, but I …
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