Writing My Literary Process 18 Feb 2022 As an unpublished author, I try to refrain from talking about my process publicly because the lack of publication always felt to me a condemnation. The truth is that my…
Writing Tips for Writers 26 Jan 20224 Feb 2022 This post is both traditional and antithetical. The Internet is full of tips for aspiring writers: about content, about process. As a writer myself, I sometimes struggle with the simplistic…
Writing Dense Writing: One Writer’s Principles 10 Aug 2021 (I like to write these pieces with an authoritative and knowing voice. Let's be clear from the start that this is not prescriptive. I am sharing my approach to writing…
Writing Dramatic Benefit of Horror 15 Sep 20203 Aug 2021 Writing, for me, is about healing and reconciliation. I do not mean that this is how I read all writing, but my interest in composing fiction is to that end.…
Writing How I Became a Writer (Again) 28 Jan 20203 Aug 2021 For years I thought of myself as a writer. Nearly two decades now. One could blame the encouragement of my teachers. While I performed well in school overall and prided…
Writing How Do I Start Writing? 26 Jan 20203 Aug 2021 The following is personal advice mixed with a heavy dose of professional advice from Lajos Egri (The Art of Dramatic Writing) and Stephen King (On Writing). As an active member…
Writing Three (Friendly) Complaints from a Fiction Writer to Readers 25 Jan 20203 Aug 2021 tl;dr version: fiction and non-fiction are two separate things. I think often of this line attribute to Mark Twain: The only difference between reality and fiction is that fiction needs…
Celtic Riverside 