I received a good response to last month’s apocalyptic post on pulp, mostly notes of reminiscences. I had no idea people time-stamped their best reads like they were best dates. Two folks thought enough to put fingers to keyboard and tell me just how wrong I was, and one good friend about chewed my ear off …
Tag: writing
Dec 18
I Published a Book in 10 Hours
I did it! Families inspire us and intimidate us. Jimmy’s mother, father and brother are all members of the Burglars Union Guild (BUG), and he is expected to follow in their footsteps. Jimmy has slippery fingers and not in the slick, pickpocket ways; he drops things. That lack of dexterity is just the start of …
Nov 24
Vacation Suspense – Part 2
Television producers try to get you to come back for more by showing scenes from “the next exciting episode” of whatever program you’ve just watched. Writers have to do the same thing sentence to sentence, paragraph to paragraph, and chapter to chapter. Suspense is one of the tools of the author’s craft that helps pull …
Nov 18
Writing: Promises or Priorities?
They say timing is everything. I agree. So is letting go. That’s why I say to whomever “they” are that I’m extending my 10-hour book publishing challenge to December 18. Why? First of all, it’s my blog challenge and I set the rules. (And my blog editors said it was okay.) Second, I felt overwhelmed by …
Nov 16
It Couldn’t Be More Personal
During my childhood, my grandmother taught me little lessons. I learned how to fold and crease a sheet of paper over and over until it resembled the expanding membrane of an accordion but wasn’t constrained by the edges of a musical instrument. My creation could be waved in the air to blow away summer heat. …