Last night, because couldn’t sleep, I wound up ploughing through a very long personality quiz to determine what kind of character I’d be if I played Dungeons & Dragons. Which I don’t, although I’ve always wanted to. I was amused at the end result, and I thought I’d share. Let me just say here there’s… Read More Neutral Good Elf Ranger
I have to thank Peter Grant for allowing me free rein in his library for this. I think I mystified him when I was trying to explain what I’m trying to achieve with the Bibliophilia posts. However, in the process of trying to sum it up, I realized I’ve been saying the wrong thing… Read More Bibliophilia: Don Camillo
“Transcendent Ripples” I’ve been creating art recently, and writing. I have been sharing the art, but not so much the fiction – other than the odd short thing last week – because I’m actually back to writing on the novel again. Which novel? Good Question! The East Witch will be the fourth of the Underhill… Read More I write, therefore I art
I first published this post a little more than a year ago, but it seems an excellent follow-on to yesterday’s reminder of what Human Wave is. And it’s Monday, so I’m diving into homework and not thinking about the blog. Eric S Raymond nails a list of symptoms to look for as warnings signs that a… Read More Blast from the Past: Writing with Hope
One of the fun things about having Kindle Unlimited is that I can test a new author without too much commitment. And on days when I’m feeling under the weather, a disposable book I don’t have to think about is handy, and convenient if I’m not at home with my library. So I wound up… Read More Cop Tales: Three Reviews
A snippet of fiction – literally, it was only a couple of hundred words long – passed before my eyes in the last few days, and the discussion over it and what was wrong with it led to this post. I’ve altered it, somewhat, but left the problems intact for the purposes of discussing the… Read More Writing with Emotion
I’ve had people comment many times on the way I blend different mythos into a unified whole, and I thought I’d ramble on about how and why I do that. First of all, let me say that I am in no way a scholar of myth. I have read a lot, and continue to do… Read More Mingling Mythology
When do we add the “D” to the PTS? Author’s note: I wrote this paper for my abnormal psychology class last year. My professor told me I should publish it. I don’t think this is what he meant, but in light of Sarah’s post yesterday, and my own review of a book that aggravated me beyond reason, I… Read More Defining Normal
I don’t know if I have mentioned it before, but growing up I read a lot of my father’s books. To be honest, I read everything in sight, but… this is relevant to today’s review. I don’t remember the first Clive Cussler I read, and it didn’t take me long to know they were all… Read More Review: Cannibal Gold
Or, how to get your reader to take your book to bed with them Once you wrote the great pick-up lines, hooked in the reader and got them to shell out money to take you home with them (through your book, of course!), what’s next? We’ve all read books that began well, but after… Read More Seducing the Reader: Part 2
I know what you are thinking, and no, that’s not what I was marinating in. We did have a beer with dinner last night, and that’s as much as I’ve drunk in a week, so I’m not *that* kind of writer. What I am is one gathering flavor for my writing by reading. In this… Read More The Marinated Writer