On Entering Contests and Finding A Group
The local writing group held a flash fiction contest. That's kind of when you do what Kurt Vonnegut said of his aliens' fiction: catch a...
So, What do We Do With A Short Story?
I got two anthologies from a library sale. They are both fifty to forty years old (like me,) so that gives an interesting range of short...
New Story In the Offing!
I've decided to track my new story by excel spreadsheet. Nanowrimo does have a lovely word counter, and I like to use it. I know there...
The Outline Blues: Too Specific for My Story
I'm a plotter. An architect writer, a planner, an outliner, whatever you want to call we who write out the plot of the story before...
'The First Charge' Finally Has A Paperback Edition
A year back I went through my old books and made them...book-like. Table of Contents, copyright page, all those normal book things. Yes,...
Why Are We Punishing the Chickens?
I was grocery shopping this morning and reached for some chicken breasts. Then I stopped cold and scowled. The banner across the chicken...
Writing Advice to Self?
Don't give advice. Everyone is addicted to advising and it's silly. If you aren't truly into a story, don't write it. You won't get money...
Why AI Does Not Understand My Work
The AI suggestions for my posts for this blog were: Italian Destination Weddings and Diversity in Romance. It's a good thing none of...
Welcome to the new Blog!
It's not actually new. I just cleaned it up a little. I had a scare that I wouldn't be able to post anything here anymore, but it turns...
'What Hides Below' Is Up
Karl and Bigitte are bringing Jutta home after she had a nervous breakdown. On the way, the stop at Serrick, a mining district where a...