Hanging from a Cliff
Jeffrey Deaver writes thrillers/suspense with a formula that becomes apparent when you binge read a series as I have a tendency to do....
Mixing Art and Truth
I'm part of a writers' on-line forum, SheWrites.com. Lorraine Devon Wilke recently wrote an article addressing the upsurge in actors and...
Blast off!
The problem with writing a novel... OK, there are a lot of problems. Why do we torture ourselves? Writers and Navy Seals are the only...
What's Your Plan?
2017 is over, with all of its joy and sadness, fulfillment and disappointment, work and play. 2018 has begun, and all of its hope is...
Productivity Meets Creativity
I am neither a trendsetter nor a trend follower. If something is marketed as trendy, I'm likely to stay away until it has been around...
Happy Book Lovers Day
Today is Book Lovers Day, a day that we celebrate introverts and literary connoisseurs. I have loved books all my life. Words on pages...
Social Media in my Writer's Toolbox
I've been on Facebook for years. In 2015 I joined twitter and started this blog. I had read that social media could be a great tool for...
The Pursuit of a Writer: James Joyce
I could write about Groundhog Day or the founding of National League Baseball or the anti-Vietnam War protestors who sued Dow Jones on...
Captured!
"Call me Ishmael." "It is a truth universally acknowledged, the man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife." "Happy...
To Write, or Write Well, That is the Question
As sad as this is to admit, I am familiar with very few authors. That's not to say I am unfamiliar with their work. I simply don't...
