Creative Anarchy: Are There Rules for Writing?
Although natural talent and great instincts aren’t likely to hold you back, writing fiction well requires learning, as does any art or, for that matter, virtually any other… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Humor
The Importance of a Rigorous Routine to the Self-employed (or Saving Authors’ Lives One Nap at a Time)
People who don’t actually exist often ask me, “How in heaven’s name can you get anything done working at home? Doesn’t that require enormous discipline?” My stock response… Read more »
Instant Clichés, or “Acronumbs”
Many humans and congresspersons are unaware of the origins and primary definitions of the popular acronyms with which the illiterate, who believe they have as much right to… Read more »
Top Ten Tips for Serious Writers
1.) Never use nouns. Too often do we see nouns getting in the way of the action. If there’s some skittering or scudding going on, I don’t want… Read more »
Humor Shield!
I have, on occasion, been accused of using humor as a defense, as though that was somehow wrong or unfair, possibly criminal, suggesting, it seems to me, that… Read more »
Ways of Leaving
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Chase Stoller is a beautifully mangled all-American mess. Jarrett’s ability to paint a picture of the tedium of small town America, and then to drop a character into this (Hannah) that’s right out of a Wyeth painting, well that sealed the deal for me. With pitch perfect dialogue and writing that felt like a perfect Indian summer day, "Ways Of Leaving" was that rare book that when I read the last word on the last page…I went back to page 1 and read it all over again.