Several days ago, I wrote Part One of this post on distance in viewpoint. Rashly, at that moment, I promised a Part Two, complete with how-tos. The how-tos are the hard part, because as with all writing, they are difficult to explain and sometimes even more difficult to put into action. But sometimes not. But […]
1. Le Short Story. From my buddy Roy, here's a nice essay on the short story. Best quote from it: "That grain of sand is the story’s salvation. I take my cue from William Blake: “To see a world in a grain of sand.” Think of it: the world in a grain of sand; which […]
What do you know about ethical behavior? If you are like me, the answer is probably not much–except, like art, you know it when you see it. Given the current madness of the financial markets and its cause, good old fashioned greed, all of a sudden the topic of ethics is looking positively hot and […]
I cannot tell a lie, because you have no doubt noticed, but I am a blogging slacker. Two weeks ago I headed to Nashville for the Writer's Loft fall orientation. This was a big to-do because it was the first actual orientation that my partner Terry and I planned since we took over the program. […]
This is an exciting day for my friend Robin Gideon. Aspen Mountain Press is releasing her novel,Silky Sins: Cassandra's Story. Its a sizzling contemporary erotic romance and you can download it in ebook format and get it immediately. Robin is absolutely amazing–she has an incredible list of books coming out over the next few months, […]
Michael Phelps is writing a book. I'm guessing, just a wild stab, that somewhere near Baltimore a ghostwriter hit the jackpot and will spend the next month hanging on every word Phelps says. They are getting this baby out in time for Christmas, so its obvious Phelps is not going to write it himself. The […]
I'm back home in Portland, and its hot. Like over 100 hot. Every day. I do not like this. My office is upstairs and as we all know heat rises and hot damn it gets hot up there. My computer does not like it either. It tells me this by bluescreening and then fading quickly […]
I’ve been reading more lately. And thinking a lot about books lately. This is not an entirely unusual state of affairs, because any writer worth their salt reads as much as they possibly can. It is simply not possible to be a writer unless you read constantly. But I’ve been even more engrossed in books […]
You may have noticed my periodic call for people who would like to become contributors to a new book review site. I am pleased to announce that the new site is live and ready to roll. Here’s the site url: http://wordstrumpet.typepad.com/bookstrumpet/ This is only the very modest beginning. Expect more to come, with additional reviews […]
One of the main ways I make my living is through ghostwriting, and I love it. I get to write about topics I’d never write about otherwise, meet fascinating people, and enter the minds of those fascinating people. Sort of like writing fiction, only not. What is Ghostwriting? Ghostwriting is when I write the book […]
