The characters in my books are in control. I write the characters’ lives, but if they want to go to the bar that day,...
I Think I’m in Control, But …
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Writing Articles
Play?
Creative play? How is that creative? How is that productive? Don’t we have books to write, art to produce, ideas to...
The End Of Things
The end. It comes at the end of a book. It comes at the end of a season. It comes at the end of a pool game. I am...
Where did I ever get interested in writing angels & demons? A few weeks ago, I booked a booth at the local Swedish...
What If It’s True?
Life has become too complicated. Right? When do we eat or drink together? Wash clothes or even stitch up that hole in...
The Week Before …
I keep thinking about Jesus and the last days before He was crucified. Jesus walked past Golgotha. He’d seen the...
Walk and Not Be Weary?
There are stories of authors and artists who walk as part of their creativity. In my research just now, I googled that...
Run As Fast As You Can! Take That Leap!
There is a quote that I love—attributed to Ray Bradbury, “Then the long march from the rim of the cave to the edge of...
What on Earth is a Pantser? A Plotter?
As an author, to simplify the many ways to write a story, there is the pantser/discovery way, or the plotter. The...
My first short story and a 1930 Model A?
In a past column, I wrote about my journals. All 80 or more of them! As I write a certain day’s entry, I’ll maybe...
Does Seeing a Blink Mean You’re Crazy?
Before my author career, I journaled. A lot. I now have over eighty journals—filled. And I don’t write in the little...
A New Take on Star Wars
A couple of summers ago Osceola Library Director, asked if I would help with the summer reading program. I entered...
