Writing is a platform for me to be me, without disguise.
A Writer’s Life
We as writers have a uniqueness of spirit, which is often misunderstood but should be embraced. A writer gives life to things others cannot.
‘On The Right Side’
In June of 2000, I woke to find myself partially paralyzed on the left side of my body. It was as if someone had drawn a line down the center of my body and one side worked while the other didn’t. That started a round of hospital and doctors’ visits and tests.
Possessed: three easy steps to showing your character who’s boss
“The best subject,” writes Richard Rhodes, “is always the subject that possesses you once you find it, that you can’t stop thinking about,” but what to do when that subject becomes a disruption? What then? Can an overbearing subject really be considered a positive force?
Tarmac Meditations #143: The Road to Chapter 2 (Tip On A Dead Junkie)
Final thoughts: stop thinking and start writing and let the story come to me. Based on who these people are they will do what they know how to do and have always done even though it may not be in their best interest.
Writing with the Tide
Abandonment from or by one’s muse can muddy the waters of a writer’s creative flow, but sometimes life’s eddies and deltas beckon us on warm inlets of tempting diversions. I’m grateful that over the years of my comings and goings from my commitment to writing the words have been generous in returning, much like the tide.
A Night With Pamela Porter
Spent a delightful evening at the local library (Sidney/North Saanich) listening to published and unpublished writers. The key speaker following the various works was poet and award winning novelist Pamela Porter. Not only was it a great experience listening to her read, but following the reading of her work Pamela spoke about the craft of writing. Here are my gleanings from this talk.
Excuses: Thoughts On Writing Fiction and Poetry
There are times ideas are like the morning dew on meadow grasses and wildflowers in the early hours of a spring morning. Excuses are the warm sunlight burning those ideas off. Ideas are fleeting; they easily evaporate.
Discovering Her Mountain Songs: An interview with Shutta Crum
Shutta Crum has deep roots in this Appalachian heritage of storytelling. In this tradition, stories are passed from one generation to the next. Sometimes the stories have you on the edge of your seat with your neck hairs straight up. Other nights, you can laugh so hard your ribs hurt.
In Praise of Good Grammar (And When It Goes Bad)
Is grammar going the way of cursive writing and memorizing the multiplication tables? Will we be a world of smartphones and little else? Most of us (hopefully) hope not! However, the English language is full of trials and tribulations to overcome, and here are some of the most common goofs.
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