It’s been about a year since I last wrote about some lies about writing. Well, that’s not entirely true because it was more like a rant about the lies authors tell you. Now, after a year of deep thinking, mixed… Read More ›
Mastering the Craft
Villains: The Ultimate Evil
The last villain type I want to discuss, for this current series anyway, is the Ultimate Evil. You know the kind. It’s the evil force of nature that threatens to blanket the world in everlasting darkness…or something similar along those… Read More ›
Time to Make Those Resolutions…Again
That’s right, it’s time to make those promises to ourselves in hopes that the dawning of a new year will motivate us to actually commit to them. You guessed it, I’m talking about New Year’s Resolutions. Ugh…am I right? There’s a website I was looking… Read More ›
Failure as a Writing Tool
Around this time every year, I’m either really satisfied with myself or angry with myself. It’s not because it’s the weekend after Thanksgiving and I’ve gorged myself on too much food. And no, it’s not the fact that I may… Read More ›
Writing Tips, part 1
Have you ever seen these memes with Captain America with the caption “So, you want to be a…” and then it’s a funny saying or profession? Well, I almost included a meme like that only it would say “So, you… Read More ›
Books: A Different Type of Terror
Last week, I made a bold claim that books can’t be scarier than movies. And I stand by that claim. However, for the sake of argument let’s try and work out how a book might be scarier than a film…. Read More ›
Why have I been absent?
This will be the seventh or eighth time I’ve tried writing this column. I’m currently in my office at work on a Saturday night because I’m forcing myself to sit down and complete it. If i go home and look… Read More ›
To Edit or not to Edit, that is the question
In my current work-in-progress, I’m at the editing stage. And it’s not even the final stage where you’re congratulating yourself for getting through such a tedious, mind numbing, horrific, no good, process in the production phase either. If you’ve ever… Read More ›
Lies about Authors
A couple weeks ago, I wrote a column about the lies of writing. It did pretty well so I followed it up with a column about the truths about writing. That one didn’t do so well, so I’m going back… Read More ›
Is It Okay For Men To Read Romance Novels?
I finished “Redeeming Love” by Francine Rivers in less than a day. I started it on a Friday and finished it on a Saturday. It was an amazing fictional tale of a girl that was sold into sin at the… Read More ›
The Writer's Apocalypse 