We are Living in Strange Times: A Writer’s Life
We are living in strange times. Thursday was the first day of Left Coast Crime. A popular crime writers conference that signals the beginning of conference season for a lot…
Thoughts on Writing
We are living in strange times. Thursday was the first day of Left Coast Crime. A popular crime writers conference that signals the beginning of conference season for a lot…
Complications on a Sunday Morning . . . You wake, but it's still dark outside. You lie in your bed, not ready to put your feet on the floor. You…
Why We Write Choosing only five reasons why we write merely scratches the surface of what compels us to put pen to paper, but I believe some of these reasons…
Continuing my posts about a writer's life, I ask myself the question, "Can writing be like visiting the zoo?" Five Thoughts on Writing and Rewriting How can visiting a zoo…
Five Thoughts on Writing I have a lot of thoughts on writing. But that doesn't mean I'm always conscious of my own process. Sometimes the best thing I can do…
Motivations to keep writing can be a challenge in winter Motivations to keep writing during the winter in the Northern Hemisphere can be tricky. The cold, winter weather can drive…
Five Inventions We Were Promised By 2020 . . . but probably didn't need anyway . . . I'm sitting here in January 2020, thinking about what inventions I expected…