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Or…”interrupted by a person on business from Porlock” — sustaining the vision of the story you want to tell as life’s storms rage around you. Trust me, it’ll make sense. Quite some time ago in a LOCUS interview, Jay Lake talked about the challenges of containing the story he’s working on in his mind, or living in [...] Do you ever get tired of inventing new passwords and filling out your name, bra size, and address for new sites just so you can post a five word comment on a website or blog? Me too! In fact, it will not surprise me in the least if someday, when my time has come, Heaven [...] As far back as the 1950s, my husband remembers seeing a quote from somebody saying that within 20 years all land on this planet will be *owned by somebody*. There is no reason to suppose the person who said was far wrong. I am sure it came to pass. All OWNED by somebody. No more wild places. I [...] This essay might be of special interest to writers of detective and mystery stories who would like to enrich their stories by presenting their readers with a gift of extra detail. It might also be of general interest to many other readers. Most readers probably remember Daniel Pearl, who was the South Asia Bureau Chief of [...] Today, I want to offer forth a prediction for 2012. It may already exist, and if so I am simply going to display my ignorance of the most recent marketplace changes, but I don’t know of anything available like it. In other words, if this doesn’t exist, the idea is being offered for someone to develop. I’m [...] What makes a book stand up and say READ ME! I’ve spent a lot of time in recent months researching different marketing strategies and to do this, I set aside my own writing and took a closer look at the books piled up on my Kindle shelves and spilling across the nightstand next to my [...] Aaaaand here we are again. In just over 24 hours human beings will usher in yet another year, the fireworks will go off (or whatever method of celebration is locally pursued), people will laugh and scream and kiss and shout “Happy New Year”. The next day dumpsters will be full of empty champagne bottles, spent [...] This essay might be of special interest to writers of detective and mystery stories who would like to enrich their stories by presenting their readers with a gift of extra detail. It might also be of general interest to many other readers. Although they might not be obvious, there are logical reasons for things happening. Human [...] A quick item, as I’m racing the clock for a variety of reasons: In the month since I last posted, we lost Anne McCaffrey. While not a horror author, she was an author of unusual skill and a person of abnormal kindness. I count myself lucky to have had a brief correspondence with her for a [...] A couple of days ago, I got an email from a creative writing major who had a few questions about being a writer. I’m not sure whether this college freshman has an assignment to do or parents who want to know what she’s going to do with a creative writing major. Whatever the case, I [...] |
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