Category: The Writing Craft

March 8, 2025

Saturday Image: Spring and Dandelions. After the winter comes rebirth. Pink dandelions, like their yellow counterparts, are a symbol of hope, dreams, and wishes. They remind us of the passage of time, the transitory nature of life. A dandelion holds within itself healing properties, strengthening and detoxifying. Let’s be like dandelions. Had a tech come… Continue reading March 8, 2025

March 5, 2025

The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments by Margaret Atwood

Wednesday So I borrowed The Testaments by Margaret Atwood from the Naval Base Guam library a couple of weeks ago. I was so happy to find the library! Anyway, I started reading it but realized I’d forgotten details of The Handmaid’s Tale. I’d read it in the very early 1990s. Maybe actually 1990, and though… Continue reading March 5, 2025

February 11, 2025

Tuesday Four pages drafted on The Peony Hotel (Stephanie Hardy, mid-life starting over) story. I’ve been at it since 10 a.m. It’s now 3 pm. Four pages. This is how long it takes at the beginning, making sure I’m getting it right. I’m writing this in third-person, present tense. Not my usual. I started with… Continue reading February 11, 2025

Publishing’s Artisan Era?

I knew I was onto something. Every so often I feel change in the air. Something shifts and, like a kaleidoscope, bits and pieces fall into a different configuration, a new pattern. No, I’m not seeing the future. It’s not like I see the winning lottery numbers. The ability must be more along the lines… Continue reading Publishing’s Artisan Era?

Thursday, April 11

Here is maybe the best explanation of why so many people write these days. In fact, it may always have been so. Readers love stories. They love them so much that eventually they get the urge to write their own. It’s natural. Always has been. The only difference now is that technology has made PUBLISHING… Continue reading Thursday, April 11