I have two admissions to make. Firstly, I had to Google Ray Bradbury after I found a fabulous quote of his about the writing profession. He’s apparently a big deal in the fantasy come science fiction come dystopian genre world! Secondly, I’ve never read a Stephen King novel. Not The Green Mile, nor The Shining, nor Carrie; nor any of the dozens of other novels the man has written. In fact, I had no idea he’d written any of them before I sat down to watch their movie adaptatio

It’s been a rough week. Not professionally, per se, but because I’ve been supporting a loved one who found himself in crisis. This means my writing time has been eviscerated. Don’t get me wrong; I don’t begrudge giving my friend even a second of my time and attention. He is very special to me, and I can’t imagine him not being around. Yet, I have to admit I also feel incredibly frustrated. Considering I’ve only just rolled out my author site and this associated blog, I wanted

As mentioned before, I love Dorothy Parker, as much for her witticisms as her poetry and prose. She’s my “if you could have dinner with anyone in history” person. I just know if I’d been around in the 1920's, we’d have hung out together, guzzling bootlegged whiskey and getting up to all sorts of no good. I thought of her today because my plans to write went sideways. I’d every intention of getting a few pages of my latest short story down on paper. Instead I found myself preo

(Beautiful vulture artwork courtesy of Daniel Eskridge) I have to admit, I’m ambivalent about writing coaches. It’s not that I have anything against them personally. I simply feel many of them don’t necessarily have the best interests of their students in mind. When I first started my own research about developing an author/blogging site, my Google search took me to all sorts of writing advice provided mostly by writers whose sole source of income seems to be advice on how to