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As a writer, I’m curious.  What is it about writing that drives us?  Why do we sit in front of a computer or a pad of paper or a typewriter, […]

What is “Life?”  Have you ever thought about it (outside of high school biology class)?  I’ve been thinking about it lately, and a new concept has occurred to me.  I’d […]

Ian McEwan is not one of my favorite writers, but that’s because I’ve read only one of his books, Solar.  On the other hand, if all his books are written […]

Are we alone in this universe?  Certainly not. Are we alone in this galaxy?  Again, no, though the chances are a miniscule bit higher. One question that seems to dominate […]

What language is your novel written in?  English?  Mine too. But I write science fiction, and that brings up a special point.  If a sci-fi novel is written in the […]

Writing is a challenge.  Lots of things are challenges.  Life itself is a challenge. I just received the latest copy of the alumni magazine from the college I attended.  (Never […]

In this day and age, as so many Americans are taken to the hospital or the morgue because of gunshot wounds, it’s not supposed to be appropriate to appear vitriolic […]

I’ve read a lot of articles and books about writing, and most of those have had at least one nugget of useful information for a beginning writer.  But I’ve also read a few […]

Back on 12/7/2010, I posted an entry about redundancies, and suggested that writers should be careful to check their work to avoid petty redundancies that detract from the message of […]

I read somewhere, and not to long ago either, that every story, no matter how short, should have a plot and a subplot.  At first, I thought this might be difficult for […]

As a new writer with little publication credit, I’ve been told the characters in my book must be fully three-dimensional in order for the reader to identify with them.  And identify […]

As a writer of fiction, I have yet to be published.  I’m still learning how to write believable fiction, feeling my way along the pathway to publication.  I’ve read books […]