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This is the second installment of text from my ongoing non-fiction project, “Writing What Hurts,” a project you will no doubt be tired of before it’s complete. This is the beginning of what will probably be the first chapter. Enjoy: 1. Back in high school I had some unique individuals as teachers. One, for instance, was Mr. [...] I am a book collector. My husband is another one. When we got married, he already had a considerable collection of books under way; when we moved from Florida to Washington state he decided to cull it down to a manageable pile. We got a friend to help us out; hubby presided over the whole thing, sitting at [...] I’m listening to some Art Pepper right now, picked up a used CD at Reckless Records. Also snagged a nice Sonny Rollins, with Max Roach on the tubs. Sunday night in summer jazz is the best kind. And the sax always reminds me of skirts and powdered noses. No, I don’t talk this way, but [...] There is no such thing as “writer’s block”. More specifically, there is no such thing as “writer’s block”, if you are defining “writer’s block” – notice the clever use of quotes there – as some sort of externally imposed mental lump of concrete that – for no reason – stands between you, the author, and the [...] Some folks don’t like Shakespeare. Some folks hate Beethoven. Some folks despise Rembrandt. I’ve always felt that there was an absolute standard for art. Do it right, take care, use your craft and knowledge and experience, and everyone should agree that what you did was mighty fine. But a recent incident with a friend reminded me of what I already [...] Once upon a time I was reading a manuscript for a fellow writer who will remain unnamed. I was having a fine time, until I got to the first combat scene. During the middle of a knock down, drag out magical battle where flesh is burning and brick walls are being turned into so much [...] I am not above mining the past for great ideas, particularly when they may solve a seemingly overwhelming problem. When average people think of horror stories, inevitably the first name that springs to mind is either Stephen King or Dean Koontz. This holds true for average readers. Some of the more historically minded may instead recall [...] Last year, when my middle son, Brian, was a junior in high school, he was wrestling with the decision that may be familiar to many of you – where to go to college. Not just that, but which college would best serve his career goal of working (and writing) for a magazine. Should he attend the [...] |
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