From the incomparable English writer Mary Stewart, who passed away in 2014, the opening of The Moonspinners, available where you buy your novels or ebooks.
Sunday, April 14, 2024
Friday, April 12, 2024
Short Story Coaching, Advice, Guidelines
From The Writer's Digest Handbook of Short Story Writing: Preface by Joyce Carol Oates. "How will [my students] know they are writing their true subjects? By the ease with which they write. By their reluctance to stop writing. By the headachy, even guilty, joyous sensation of having done something that must be done, having confessed emotions thought of as unconfessable, having said what had seemed should remain unsaid."
Monday, October 31, 2022
Saturday, October 15, 2022
Book Launch and Signing Rock Roll and Ruin
Lucky #7 to read in order of the Table of Contents. One mesmerized person listening on the front row. One mesmerized person listening on the back row. Rapt, unwavering attention equals storytelling success. One person came up to me after and said my story setting was the favorite. Great reward after wrestling with story setting. Another person mentioned looking up "girdling of trees" to understand the crime. We read from the podium wrapped in crime scene tape! We entered and exited to music: my was "Someday" with vocals accompanied by banjos. Afterwards, I signed several copies of my story.
My spa day: no cucumber pads, heated stones, or deep hot water, just a deep dive into creativity. SRO: We had guests from out of state on a Saturday of football and the NC State Fair.
Thursday, October 6, 2022
Tuesday, October 4, 2022
Amazon Has Rock Roll and Ruin
The Triangle Sisters in Crime Anthology available for Kindle and in paperback. Excellent short stories, including mine, "Duet."
https://www.amazon.com/Rock-Roll-Ruin-Triangle-Anthology-ebook/dp/B0BB3DV6N5/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Rock%2C+Roll+and+Ruin&qid=1664893868&qu=eyJxc2MiOiIwLjAwIiwicXNhIjoiMC4wMCIsInFzcCI6IjAuMDAifQ%3D%3D&sr=8-1
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