“Kill your darlings, kill your darlings, even when it breaks your egocentric little scribbler’s heart, kill your darlings.” – Stephen King It’s funny when you hear people talking about 2016. It’s such a hodge podge of events both good and… Read More ›
Mastering the Craft
Should Horror Stories Have Happy Endings?
“And will I tell you that these three lived happily ever after? I will not, for no one ever does. But there was happiness. And they did live.” – Stephen King, The Dark Tower This question was posed to me… Read More ›
Real Life or Fiction?
As a writer, sometimes I get mixed up on what’s real life or what’s fictional. I’ll clarify that statement by adding that I understand full well that I’m living in real life, or as the text people say irl, but… Read More ›
What kind of Writer am I?
The last post I wrote was one year and two days ago. I have to apologize for the tardiness of my posts, but a lot has changed in that year. I changed jobs. I had a blood clot which led… Read More ›
Restructuring
Before I start my spiel I wanted to make aware of something about myself that I’ve only recently noticed. Whenever I start on a big or complicated spiel, I usually start with “Well…” Is that normal? Do you have similar… Read More ›
Benefits of Having a Real Job
Benefits of Having a Real Job.
Benefits of Having a Real Job
Hello all! Haven’t been on in awhile, but that’s because I’ve been retooling my writing priorities and attempting to juggle the last forty days of my academic career. The true dream of any author should be, I know mine is,… Read More ›
The New Year and What to Expect
Hello everyone! It’s been awhile since I’ve posted to the site. Several amazing things have transpired this last part of 2014 and even more things are happening this year. 1. This is my last semester of undergraduate school 2. My… Read More ›
Planner or Pantser?
I was at my weekly Creative Writing Club meeting at IUSB, if you’re in the area come on down, and one of the members had brought her binder with her that detailed her novel she was working on. There were… Read More ›
Purposeful Distractions
Whenever I do any kind of long term writing, I tend to want some kind of useless noise. Pandora radio is my favorite. In my current project, the Red Hot Chili Peppers radio station keeps the words flowing. Being apart… Read More ›