Wading Out To The Middle Of The Creek I was never a tall child growing up. The coordination necessary for sports was not something I had in abundance, so reading, writing, and drawing kept me busy. Despite that, I loved the outdoors (even if my required sunblock would have kept a vampire alive.) One of my favorite activities—not that I got to do it often—was wading in creeks and catching crawdads. I was 13—maybe 14—years old when ours and another…
There’s A Space Vampire Under My Bed I am getting old, which is fine by me, but along with getting older, I find myself getting more nostalgic. As I write this post, I am on the couch with my feet propped up and an episode of “Buck Rogers in the 25th Century” in the DVD player. The plot to this particular episode is space vampire is chasing Buck and Wilma around a space station. It is corny, I know, but…
I’ve Got Lots of Ideas…And That Is the Trouble I’ve got lots of ideas about novels I would like to write, and that is the trouble I am currently facing. Making decisions is not my strong suit—which is why I tell my wife I married her, so I wouldn’t have to make them anymore—but there are certain decisions a writer cannot avoid. Only the writer can decide what kind of story he or she wants to write. It is…
Close the Door, Honey, I’m Googling Myself Admit it. Curiosity has gotten the best of you at one time or another and, when you think no one is around to catch you, you have given in to the temptation. You have logged on, pulled up a search engine, typed your name in, and pressed enter. Maybe you just wanted to see what kind of trail you have left behind while surfing the web, or, perhaps, you were just interested in…
From Here to Maternity “Where do you get the ideas for your stories?” I would guess that at least once in the career of every writer who has put ink on paper this question has, in one form or another, has been asked. The answers have probably ranged from very detailed to very vague to very absurd. From the title of this post, it would be a safe assumption on your part that my answer is going to fall somewhere…