Today I submitted a short story to The First Line, which describes itself as, “an exercise in creativity for writers and a chance for readers to see how many different directions we can take when we start from the same place.” I only recently heard of this journal, and I thought it sounded like a…
Whew. First, life was crazy. Then, it got *crazy*.
2024 was a year of many personal hardships in the family, all of which were in play even as this blog was first set up in August. That craziness finally all ended about the time 2024 did. Now, things are just crazy in a bigger way, for us all. But that’s not what this blog…
Don’t Be Afraid To Tell Your Friends and Loved Ones
When I started down this path anew, I looked at my past attempts and lacked any real confidence that I’d finish a first draft. I had even less confidence that I’d want anyone at all to read what I wrote at the end. As a result, I didn’t tell anyone at all except my wife…
The Value I’ve Found In Immersion
I’ve managed to mention twice already (which is a lot for a blog consisting so far of 3 pages and one post) that I had no idea whatsoever about the process of writing a novel when I finally put fingers to keyboard. I meandered around for about a year after I made the decision to…