How does someone write a story?
A friend of mine at work asked me that today. He saw my copy of Stephen King’s On Writing sitting on my backpack so he asked me what it was about. I have to admit that I was baffled. It is one thing to talk about the details, techniques and tricks of the writing craft … Read more
Writing Prompt #72: The king is dead, Long live the King…
… Or Queen. Every kingdom has a way of picking the new ruler. Most of the time it is as simple as inheritance. But some cultures have very different methods ranging from whoever killed the last ruler gets the crown to a lottery. Your writing prompt is today is a two parter. First come up … Read more
Busy is the new normal at work… UGH
Of course I had prepped this post for last Friday. I had found an interesting picture and even got the title figured out. And then just like the title my day got… well busy. Unfortunately that meant this post never got written or posted. In the grand scheme of things work takes precedence because it … Read more
Writing Prompt #71: Sheafs of paper
As writers we go through a lot of paper. There are stacks and stacks of the stuff full of words and pictures in our drawers. We print out and write on and type on sheafs and sheafs of paper. And in the end we hope that those pages end up in books being read by … Read more
This is just nuts!
Yes, the inspiration for the title and this post are purely from the picture. I saw it and thought it would be perfect so I am going for it. This might end up being a rambling post but if you have been reading this blog for a while you already know that I have these … Read more






