Category Archives: WRITING

Very interesting.  A couple comments on my spider posting have made me think about my roots in writing and its more evil tendencies.  My humble beginnings, aside from the required compositions on summer vacation, were based in horror.  Not fantastical … Continue reading → Continue reading →

As I’ve mentioned before, stories come to me from the opening lines and pretty much unravel from there, staying for the most part intact through all the rewrites and edits.  But this time, trouble is brewing. It’s just not quite … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Joy, that is, until the realization hits that if you love it that much–and I feel that way about a story I’ve just "finished," than you’ve simply become blind to its flaws.  But oh, I don’t know if I’ve ever … Continue reading → Continue reading →

It’s happening today–the same as once before where the story is all laid out for me, coming from the opening line but having a beginning, a middle and an end and I know what all that is. I can’t write … Continue reading → Continue reading →

There are days when what I’m thinking can’t be written, more often than the days when what is written must be thought out first. Prose runs and jumps, words forming chains like children holding hands and laughing.  Playfully a few, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

While the novels I’ve been reading lately have somehow inspired rather than intimidated writing on my part–and that’s a good thing–it appears that even yesterday’s short story reading has infused me with a so what? attitude. Meaning, after each of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Was fortunate to get a brief critique on the latest story I’ve written, and while it’s a good feeling to have your suspicions confirmed, it’s very telling about your personal editing habits.  No matter how much experience you’ve had in … Continue reading → Continue reading →