Tag Archives: Writing life

Stalking the Wild Muse: The Muse of the Manure Fork

Posted on May 24, 2013 by
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A series exploring the props, habits, and drugs that fuel the writer’s productivity. Past, present and future! Look for BVC writers, plus other authors we know and love. When I was in grad school at an Old European University and … Continue reading →


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Cross Training for Writers

Posted on November 20, 2012 by

Many times over the years, I have been impressed with the “other” talents of writers I admire. We are not only novelists and crafters of short fiction, we are dancers, singers, teachers, composers, musicians, farmers, cake decorators, painters, martial artists, … Continue reading →


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Rewriting Treadmills: Traditional Publishing versus E-Publishing

Posted on May 31, 2012 by

Everybody knows at least one writer who edits the same story for years.  The material is never good enough, the author is afraid to send it to editors, the author desperately wants to become the next JK Rowling or Stephen … Continue reading →


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Best Bond Gadgets

Posted on May 3, 2012 by

One of the most interesting things I’ve been asked to do as an author is create a “bracketologist” graph of James Bond gadgets and whittle my choices down to the Best Bond Gadget of All Time. My graph was a … Continue reading →


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Ear Worms

Posted on June 6, 2011 by

I don’t believe it’s headline-making news that writers are essentially ADD-impaired thinkers. One thought leads to another, which leads to another, which leads to looking up a reference, which leads to two dozen more books, and then to note-taking and before we know it, voila, there’s a book in there somewhere. Continue reading →


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Writing Thought of the Day

Posted on December 7, 2010 by

“No one else in the wide world, since the dawn of time, has ever seen the world as you do, or can explain it as you can. This is what you have to offer that no one else can. Nobody … Continue reading →


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On Writing and Healing

Posted on October 12, 2010 by

Some years back, my sister gave me a copy of Louise DeSalvo’s Writing as a Way of Healing (Beacon Press, 1999). It sat on my shelf as I debated whether its contents would be grim or admonishing. I was wrong … Continue reading →


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Don’t You Want Somebody to Love? How I Find New Favorite Authors

Posted on August 17, 2010 by

Once upon a time, I gobbled up every new book of fantasy and science fiction that I could find. I’d trek to my local independent specialty book store or my local branch library and devour each month’s arrivals. Now getting … Continue reading →


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The Writing Life: Domesticity

Posted on February 20, 2010 by

I have one day a week to really be domestic. 6 days a week I’m writing and working Book View.  I get home in the evening, cook dinner, help with the evening things like bed time for the 8 yr. … Continue reading →


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