Novel Writing Made Easy

As an author, I admittedly started off with a typewriter.  I hated the damned thing, too.  Then I moved on to the PC.  It was very nice, and quite an upgrade from the frustrating machine before it.  Then, I made my favorite purchase: A new laptop.  It’s fully equiped with Microsoft Office 2007 as well [...]

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No Greater Thief

Someone once told me that there is no greater thief than a bad movie.  After careful contemplation, I developed my own contention concerning the matter.  How very true that you pay to see a film and it winds up being immensely painful to the eye, or mentally offensive.  However, I find that the true thief [...]

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The times, they are a changin’

On July 14th, I turned thirty.  The big three-oh!
A lot has happened, and a lot has certainly changed in my life.  I remember when I was the guy who would say: “Nah, I’ll never get married.”  Alas, I am married and I have a daughter.  Looking back, I wouldn’t change what I have for anything [...]

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The end of the world

So, apparently the world is going to end in 2012.  The Mayans were fully aware of our impending demise, and with all of their supernatural capabilities, they didn’t so much as leave us with a friendly how-to escape future cataclysms guide inscribed on a stone tablet amidst cryptic glyphs somewhere in the jungle… bastards.  I [...]

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First Line

In eager participation of Not Enough Words fascinating game, here is a “first line” from one of my short pieces.  First, however, a few thoughts of my own on first lines…I find this topic interesting, especially considering the fact that now writers can spend all kinds of time studying, reading self help books and articles, [...]

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Lost paths

Today, my little one has officially started potty training.  This is more of a grand adventure for me than it is for her.  Especially considering that when she “goes” I snatch her up and dash into the bathroom in almost enough time, plop her onto the potty seat, and listen to her scream in confused [...]

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Grandfather Of A Storm

It’s raining, and the lightening is like vibrant shockwaves beneath the roaring clouds.  Great torrents of water rush along the pavement, down the hill, and into the growing river that used to be a ditch along the side of the road.  The wind speaks of ancient, rumbling demons, and the water dances atop the driveway [...]

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The Science Of Fiction

There are far too many self instructional books declaring how a fiction novel should be written.  Fiction stories should never be bogged down by transparent formulas and mathematical boredom.  If someone requires a book to show them how to tell a story, then the person simply has no business telling them in the first place.  [...]

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