Category Archives: Writing

I’m used to getting criticized. Over the years, I’ve collected a rather large stack of rejection letters. I tell people that such rejections are important in the training of an author: they thicken the skin and prepare one to survive … Continue reading →

Most people have had the frustrating experience of purchasing an item at the store, bringing it home, and opening it up only to discover a box of confusing parts and a single sheet of paper with obscure drawings and words … Continue reading →

Douglas Adams, the British author of humorous science fiction novel, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and its many sequels wrote once that “I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.” He was, of … Continue reading →

When I hear someone say something along the lines of, “mistakes were made.” I immediately translate it from the bureaucratic passive voice to what it actually means: “I messed up.” Sometimes children will ask, “how will I know when I’m … Continue reading →

I’m a bit of a grinder. Novels are very long, and long novels are very, very long. It’s just a hell of a lot of man-hours. I tend to just go in there, and if it comes, it comes. A … Continue reading →

Earnest Hemmingway has been quoted as saying that before he could write anything, he first needed to organize his sock drawer. Douglas Adams, the late author of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, once commented that he loved deadlines: “they … Continue reading →

One of the keys to becoming a writer is first to be a reader. I don’t think I would have ever thought of writing for a living if I hadn’t been an avid reader. My mom would read stories to … Continue reading →