K is for Kryptonite. I’m sure you’ve brushed up on your superhero lore. There are a couple dozen types of Kryptonite, but they all mean disaster for the Man of Steel—he loses his powers when he’s confronted with the stuff. … Continue reading
Tag Archives: the craft of writing
This post is part of an ongoing series, the Author’s Alphabet. Click on the tag below to read more in the series! E is for Edit. And edit again. And edit one more time. And yet another. Lather. Rinse. Repeat. … Continue reading
This post is part of an ongoing series, the Author’s Alphabet. Click on the tag below to read more in the series! D is for Determination. At first glance, it seems that anyone can write. We all wrote book reports … Continue reading
For the aspiring writers among us, I offer this third blog in a workshop series on the craft of writing. Obviously you don’t have to do the exercises, ’cause nobody’s watching, but you might have fun with them. Sample sentence: … Continue reading
This post is part of an ongoing series, the Author’s Alphabet. Click on the tag below to read more in the series!C is for Critique. Criticism. Most of us hate it. We make excuses. We get defensive. But criticism is … Continue reading
I’m running a Kickstarter for a new space opera–it’s right over here, it’s funded and in stretch goals, it’s ending on Sunday, come and play if you like. This is the fourth one I’ve done, and I thought I was … Continue reading
This post is part of an ongoing series, the Author’s Alphabet. Click on the tag below to read more in the series! B is for Book. Continuing on our theme of obvious alphabet letters… But what exactly do we mean … Continue reading
Once upon a time, when I was a Book View Cafe newbie, full of vim and vigor, energy and excitement, I started a series on this blog — the Author’s Alphabet. Alas, I over-estimated my time commitments elsewhere, and the … Continue reading
This has been a week from hell, which means it’s time for a Horseblog Classic. We are celebrating the anniversary of this blog’s adventure with another vet adventure, a couple of severe colics. One horse got over it quickly and … Continue reading
Ursula LeGuin has said that the writer’s job is to “put into words what cannot be put into words.” Writers of fiction—mainstream, horror, magic realism and fantasy as well as science fiction—have cheerfully (or not so cheerfully) accepted this job … Continue reading