My friend and colleague, Brian Knight, posted an interesting and sort of depressing essay today over at STORYTELLERS UNPLUGGED - I thought I’d chime in.  Maybe it can be the day for this particular subject to come up in several places. …

A couple of things happened over the weekend related to writing, and one thing NOT related to writing, that I want to comment on .  I’ve always considered myself a poet, though I don’t believe it’s a profession any longer. …

Just a quick note, because I may have a longer note later, but I don’t want to jump any guns, so I’ll just mention that I got an e-mail this morning from Roy over at Bad Moon Books.  This picture…

I am - at heart - a creature somewhat prone to habitual behavior.  In this instance, the habit I want to discuss has to do with the structure of novels, and how my most recent book is not fitting that…

A discussion over at Storytellers Unplugged sprang up after Brian Hodge’s last post about characters and characterization. I don’t want to rehash what has already been said, but some other things caught my eye and ear in a short period of…

Last night I wrote another couple of thousand words on my new story / book “Tattered Remnants”. I’ve been keeping it all in one big Word file. The formatting of some chapters followed one “model” and others were different, and…

I like to keep this site focused on writing, the work in progress, thoughts and rants - the usual fare of blogs that people are willing to give up some of their day for on a regular basis.  Unfortunately, since…

I had intended to say something about writing today, and I may yet do that, but first, I wanted to celebrate a very good mail day.  Part of that good day arrived Priority Mail at home:  2 copies of ENNUI…

Good news for readers who just want to read a book, and don’t necessarily want to shell out the money for a gorgeous, illustrated signed and numbered / lettered edition of a book. The Full Moon Press, who currently have…

Ran two miles this morning before I was fully awake (best if I sneak up on myself and get it over with before I catch on to what’s happening). One of the things I’ve noticed in the past couple of…