Do you cower in the face of romance? Or do you love writing about love? Penning these types of scenes can be tricky, even if it’s something you enjoy. As it goes with real love, you’re sometimes left to wonder, did I go too far? Maybe I should have restrained myself a little more? What [...]
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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 the following describes a sufficient number of gruesome activities to give readers a [...] Up front, I wish to make it clear that this post is not about any specific person. The sad fact that it could so easily be interpreted as such says much about the state of horror writing today. I’m also making this fast, because I missed my upload date yesterday by being on the road in [...] 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 [...] |
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