Get Your Words Worth
The following article was published in the January issues of the Southwest Sage, the monthly newsletter for Southwest Writers. ———————————————————————————————————————————– “Grandpa, I think you have...
View ArticleAbout Character and Setting Development
Most books on writing advise us to construct complete, detailed descriptions of our major characters before we begin writing. This is worthwhile, but I believe it is easy to overdo. Yes, I put together...
View ArticleWriting- What Works for Me: Part 1, To Plot or Not?
This will be the first of several posts on what writing approaches work for me. Yes, me, a thus-far unpublished author. And what business have I giving opinions on writing? As much business as I have...
View ArticleWhat Works for Me in Writing, Part 2:
This week I will continue to unabashedly tout my opinions on the craft. Write in Chapters or Scenes? I often hear writers say they try to write a chapter or more a day, or that they will write until...
View ArticleWhat Works for Me in Writing – Part 3: The Writing Life
Continuing with this writer’s opinions on the craft. First an apology. I am a month late with this post. I had been editing the comments from first readers into my novel, when, in the span of six...
View ArticleWhat Works for Me in Writing, Part 4: Odds and Ends, and Resources
This is the last installment of “What Works for Me in Writing,” at least for now. It’s a small assortment of discoveries that help, or hinder, my writing. Research Most likely you will need to do...
View ArticleHumor: The Difference between Men and Women. “The Ring”
Men and women are different. Of course, you say. But I am thinking of a clear example. When my son was nine months old he had a rubber clown on a suction cup that would stick to the tray of his high...
View ArticleCat Humor
Cats have a sense of humor. You may scoff, but I am convinced it’s so. First let me say that there may be reasons our cats might seek revenge. For example, there was a time that I shot a paper bag our...
View ArticleI Gotta’ Get Organized
How did my life get so cluttered? I’m sitting at my laptop, a Writers Market, festooned with Post-it flags, lies open on my left, along with two notebooks, one for writing and one for everything else....
View ArticleOn Handedness and The Opposed Thumb
I recently had surgery on my right (dominant) hand. It is healing nicely and I expect a full recovery, with much less pain and discomfort than I had before. But for the last two weeks, in the process...
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