That title is an overstatement, and click-baity. But it's close to the truth. I read Beloved a long time ago; I don't think I understood...

For some reason, Facebook is giving me a lot of links to or copies of poems, probably because I am friends with a few published poets and...

My publisher, Vickie McEntire of Colorful Crow Publishing, heard of the Townsend Prize for fiction and decided to nominate my latest...

The Idea #27 is tongue in cheek.  But these are some ideas about writing fiction, which I have done in ten novels (and counting), a dozen...

These four posted were culled from Facebook and other sites...I do not think I would post my poems on the Internet, but I am not sure...

Before we go on, a bit of wise-guy-ism.

This is my story. In May 2024 I found myself in a writing rut. Actually more like a trench, maybe a grave. I just didn’t want to write....

My Facebook feed is no longer about my friends. It is 5 ads or "info pieces" about literature, history, art, or humanities to every 1...

I have just finished the infinitely charming, funny, and fascinating All Creatures Great and Small , the first of James Herriot’s...

I have not been writing. There, I confessed it. As a writer, so-called, I am supposed to write. And I haven’t been. That is not entirely...

That greeting is referring to me, not to you. I have been missing in action for a while with the beginning of the semester and some...

I will post the link; I think it would be somewhat dishonest to post the whole article: https://getpocket.com/explore/item/write-a-senten...

A friend and I took a trip to Clintwood, VA. This is not an auspicious place, but a good one.  It is the county seat of Virginia's "baby"...

It seems reasonable that a website with a blog should have a post at least once in a while, and it's been over four weeks. And that is...

Lying In is out, available on this website and Colorful Crow Publishing, or from me personally at one of my book events and at Rabbit...

Let me be clear: I am not an expert on this subject. At best, I am a novice, Level 1. There are many resources out there--books, podcasts...

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/write-as-if-you-were-dying-read-annie-dillard-s-greatest-writing-advice?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us...

I want to start this post with the clarification that I enjoy Agatha Christie immensely. I have watched all the David Suchet Hercule...

Adverbs are your friend that you need to break up with. Another piece of advice fiction writers are told to follow is to remove adverbs...