Tag: Writing

So, I have to say that I'm actually doing pretty good on my resolution of writing 500-1,000 words a day. Some are more, while others are less. Some are easy, while others are hard. The only real problem I'm having are those pesky days where I just don't have it in me. The days where [...]

For those of you who have read my novels, it's no secret that, obviously, I prefer to write in the first person, past tense point of view. And, considering that all four of them are written in that style, it's also safe to say that, obviously, I'm stalling when it comes to branching out. Yes, it's true, [...]

Halloween is upon us... Wait, what?? How in the ever-loving earth did it become October 19th? I mean, while I love, love, love Autumn, and this is one of favorite months, but, really? Halloween? Already? That means we have like...a month until  Thanksgiving and two months until Christmas. Uh... Well, now that I've picked myself up off the [...]

Have you ever been writing when all of a sudden a character just walks into the scene and starts doing and saying things that you hadn't planned on? Wait...what? They can't do that. They aren't real. They are in your head, you know make belief, they can only do what you tell them to do. [...]

With my final read through of When the Black Roses Grow finally done, I've started, once again, on the first draft of As the Liquor Flows. Ah, yes, the joys of that first draft. The highs, the lows, the excitement, the pain, the jumping for joy, and the banging my head into either my table [...]

When I first saw this quote, I fell in love with it. "A writer is someone who has taught his mind to misbehave." How perfect is that? No seriously, how perfect is that? Almost too perfect. As authors we are constantly putting our characters through hell---murders, mystery, war, romance strife, death of loved ones, cheating [...]