Steering around the logs We’ve been getting a lot of rain lately, several weeks worth actually. Water is gathering on our side walk, and pooling there for days because the ground is so saturated. But the last two days have been dry and warm, so off to the lake we went to water ski. The…
Find at Amazon, Smashwords, Kobo, Barnes & Nobel. So you have some story or novel planning to do. You’re feeling a bit pressed for time or pressed with concern for writer’s block. Try a classic story line and build your story around it. A. A table has been dropped by your character’s house. It was…
Save, save, save. My hard drive crashed at the start of February. It was not pleasant, but this is what I had done that made it far from heartbreaking. I had backed up all my files in September on an external drive. Should have done it more often than that, but I wasn’t worried because…….
One simple rule. I have had several rules over the years that have served me very well. One rule is that if I have a goal, I should never stop pursuing it. This rule has a kissing cousin that follows the same determination just replace “goal” with “habit.” It is my belief that once you…
Why one brown chair? And there’s an escape route. Sometimes teaching is like writing and other days, not even close. I stand before my students and do all that I can to hold their attention. I don’t know how to tap dance or tell good jokes, but sometimes I feel they would be good skills…
Classics I was thinking about Dickens, the Brontës, and Austin vs the current writing guidelines that state one should start with the action and keep things rolling along, active or reactive. But these classic writers were outstanding providers of fine fiction and they did not follow this advice. They practiced the immersion method. Wrap the…
writing metaphor: moving through the living room at night Ever walked through your house in the dark, nothing but shadows and memory to go on? I did this last night and though I know where everything lies, I also know that furniture shifts about through use, and occasional gnawed Nylabones will be just where I…
Blossoms to hold onto. It is that time of year again when everybody is writing either their New Year resolutions or their accomplishments for the past year. My thought is more along the lines of what is still present, still ongoing. So here is my New Year list post. My Labrador companion Cagney it turns…
