I hear about it time and time again, writers who have all sorts of manuscripts started but then they stall out, get busy, and those pages sit in a file for God knows how long. Maybe until you move and finally get a chance to...
Continue ReadingTrial & Error: Wood Splinters & Woefully Imprisoned Cats
What might be one of the most frustrating but also the funniest things about life is that it’s all about trial and error. Yes, you may have that one person that loves to tell you what to do and how to do it, but generally,...
Continue ReadingI’ve Become a Hustler (No, Not That Kind…)
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No, I have not decided become a prostitute or petty criminal. While I am almost certain these ‘career’ paths would generate more income than a relatively unknown indie author can make, I have chosen the latter profession, anyway. We writers know how to punish ourselves,...
Continue ReadingDon’t Try So Hard: Curse of the Adjective
“The splendiferous assortment of physically capable men triggered the beautiful blonde to weep from her magnificently aqua eyes.” The only thing Microsoft Word says is wrong with the above sentence is that I used the word ‘blonde’ instead of ‘blonde-haired person’. It was hard enough...
Continue ReadingCliché, Cliché, Cliché! Like, Oh My God! A Stereotype!
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This caught your attention, didn’t it? Because you didn’t expect to see it, because it’s not a man and a woman having sex on the beach at sunset, but instead a pack of dogs presumably having an orgy in plain daylight. One of my biggest...
Continue ReadingHoly Mutant Blueberry, Batman!
Yes, it really was a mutant blueberry that landed in my cereal this morning, hoping to blend in with its other, much smaller counterparts. It was, indeed, a blueberry the size of a grape. So what, you say? Well, it was inspiration to write this...
Continue ReadingDo You Drive It or Does It Drive You?
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Do you take the wheel in the automobile that is your writing, or is your car operating by forces other than your own, sometimes frightening you, but taking you to places you had never dreamed of? Every time I write, it never fails, my book ends...
Continue ReadingCharacter & Emotion
One thing that bothers me is when I am reading a book in which the characters have little depth. Certain authors are very good at capturing the true emotions that a character is feeling, whether it is positive, negative, or neutral. I guess it is more...
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