Every writer seems to develop some individual quirks and talents that are almost so strong as to almost be a super power in their craft. New writers, like me occasionally take some time developing their superpowers in the best way, at least that is my perspective. (And there are many perspectives on PERSPECTIVE)

My use of “perspective”, is apparently close to but not spot on with a PhD in English level use of the term. The word doctors seem to interchange perspective in literary circles with the term Point of View or POV.

Sometimes, I Can’t Help Myself.  This is one of those times; Jenn at Before I am Famous asks, “How do you write?” 

Hmmmm, with a computer, one word at a time, with my fingers, with my eyes closed, not well, with a muse and of course with immense pleasure.

See, couldn’t help it, I hope at least one of those responses made you smile.  The truth of how I write is inarguably much less pretty than I think it is for most other people.

Ironic that it takes nearly thirteen hundred words to write about one great sentence.
I just learned about stumbling, something that until this point in time, I thought was only done after having imbibed too many large long island ice teas (I know they sound like an innocent concoction, what with tea in the name) but [...]

A Novel Approach – Intervention the Novel, FIRST DRAFT, please feel free to give feedback.

Before being snagged into married life he had always been Richard, not Dick.  It wasn’t until he met his wife Jane that he had been renamed.  The renaming had happened almost moments after he met her.  Even now he wasn’t sure [...]

The Risk of Reading While Writing

I wonder if it is any other writer but me.  What I read impacts what I write.  It seems like the voices in my head give just a bit of an accent to my writing.  It feels like spending a few months in England, the patterns, tones, turns of phrase [...]

A Novel Approach – Intervention the Novel, FIRST DRAFT, please feel free to give me feedback!

PROLOGUE

Richard Jordan resolved never to let himself be called Dick again.  Not by anyone for the rest of his life, even if that life happened to end today.  He figured the chances of a fatality at about a seventy five [...]

(How I get killer visualizations and shorter more cohesive story lines)
As you might have guessed (if you have read any of my other posts) I just ain’t normal. Ask my Mom, Ex-wife, Professors, and most anyone who knows me, I definitely do things differently. On the upside to that, I [...]

The pressure was on again, I thought is was about it being time to write… another blog post. Sure, I could procrastinate a bit if I wanted. I was three posts ahead, more than plenty of space for most writers, maybe too much more. I didn’t have time pressure. I didn’t have [...]

How to make Readers throw your book, THAT’S A GOOD THING Everyone writes for different reasons, I have at least one reason for each voice in my head. (Come on writers, you know about the voices in your head.) Each author has a favorite reason to write. My favorite involves a [...]