Thomas Sullivan: “HE STOPPED LOVING HER TODAY…” or MURDERING YOUR MUSE

Love that George Jones song.  If you have an ounce of passion in you for anything, a single unblemished ideal, or if you feel a poignant stab in the heart for any kind of perfection, then you understand what’s behind that song.  

Writers get it.  Real writers.  Lovers of the Muse.  When you want something [...]

Thomas Sullivan: ARE YOU READY FOR FAME & FORTUNE — CROSSLAKE REDUX WITH GLENN & DEACON FREY

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The trouble with Fame & Fortune is that once you reach that destination, it’s very hard to keep the journey going.  You may, in fact, be all through traveling.  You may instead be consigned to rest on your laurels, at best returning to places you’ve already been on the road to success [...]

Thomas Sullivan: THE MYSTIQUE & THE MISTAKE AT CROSSLAKE or GLENN FREY & SULLY ON CREATIVITY Part 2

Thomas Sullivan: CROSS LAKE, GLENN FREY & BREATHING THE SKY

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THOMAS SULLIVAN: FROG SEX OR JUMPING TO CONCLUSIONS

My mind went on a diet a while ago and already it’s lost nearly 1800 words.  It started by eliminating all those empty adjectives and adverbs that just pile bulk on the body of my work without any real nutrition.  Then it tossed out the interjections (pure comfort words – WOW! huh?).  You’re allowed substitutions [...]