Requirements for Writing Fiction
Required prerequisite for fiction writers: Embrace your dual gifts.
A Letter from a Writer to Her Characters
A writer’s characters progress through joy, pain and growth, just like we do. In the process, we all get close.
What It’s Like
You may be possessed by your paints, or smitten with your characters, but life goes on.
Why Your First Novel Will Always Be Your Favorite
How, and why, does the first novel you wrote remain your favorite?
Are There Any Advantages to Being Disorganized?
Sure there are. Here are three advantages to being disorganized, with a fourth possibility to consider.
Miles Upon Miles of Motel Doors
A road trip across the West in 1980 turned up lots of memorable motel doors, among many other finds.
Focus Only on What You Are Writing Now
Follow the 11 Commandments of Writing and Daily Creative Routine, according to Henry Miller, in 1932.
Are Shelfies The New Selfies?
A shelfie seems like a generous way to share your library of ideas, instead of your silly selfie face. Shelfies also reveal how unique you think your intellect is, but they can show how deep is your soul.
You Are a Fountain of Ideas
You are an inexhaustible fountain of ideas. If you don’t believe it, find some inspiration among writers writing on writing.
Where Inspiration Comes From
There’s no need to make the creative process into a big mystery to outsiders, or even yourself. It all comes from your influences.
Reflections on Making a Mark
. . . There’s a complex explanation in physics for reflection. Reflection is defined as “the change in direction of a wavefront at an interface between two different media so that the wavefront returns […]
What’s True
As a child, I was either reading, writing or drawing (or some combination thereof), which is what I still mostly do today. In fact, I made a career of combining […]
