Since I couldn’t get the comment smilies to work, I decided to try out the static pages feature of WordPress. So over there in the links —> you’ll find Around the Site. I’ve got the bio page up, with the book page to come as soon as I can wrap my head around the blurb. [...]
Archive | February, 2005
Storytelling vs. writing
Excuse me while I continue my recent descent into laziness and refer y’all to Alison’s discussion on storytelling and writing. (I don’t even know what trackbacks and pingbacks are, never mind whether I should be using them here. I do, though, know what a cornerback is.) Ellen said: I’m still confused about the difference between [...]
Get thee to a wordsmith…or not
Alison asked the question “Can wordsmithing get in the way of the story?” My immediate answer was “Indubitably.” My answer came from my perception of the question: will overly-crafted fifty-dollar words beloved by the author get in the way? Yes. Indubitably. But…
Well, that's a relief
Jordan mentioned a “how-to” book I don’t have, so I had to run over to Amazon to check it out: Immediate Fiction : A Complete Writing Course by Jerry Cleaver. Than I read the first line of the editorial reviews: Musicians and artists might need talent to succeed, but writers don’t, says Jerry Cleaver in [...]
Chattering doubt monkeys
Oh, those lovely monkeys are really screwing with the muse tonight. For a variety of reasons, I’m going to take a shot at expanding the word count on Roadtrip. But I can’t read the damn thing! Every time I look at the words on the page I get a little panic mini-attack. OMG. People are [...]
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