“You can approach the act of writing with nervousness, excitement, hopefulness, or despair … Come to it any way but lightly.” – Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft It’s evening here in Lithia, Florida, on May 26, 2023; sunset is less than one hour away, and the temperature is exactly how itContinue reading “To Write or Not to Write: Today’s Pressing Dilemma – Evening Update”
Category Archives: Writing as a Craft
More Musings & Thoughts for Sunday, May 21, 2023, or: I Will Be Getting Royalties Soon – But I Can’t Plan on Going House Hunting Just Yet…
One thing that did cheer me up today is that while I was writing Musings & Thoughts for Sunday, May 21, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the Second, Amazon sent me two emails to inform me that I can expect to receive at least two royalty payments. One is for the Kindle e-book edition ofContinue reading “More Musings & Thoughts for Sunday, May 21, 2023, or: I Will Be Getting Royalties Soon – But I Can’t Plan on Going House Hunting Just Yet…”
‘The New Story: Music from the Original Writing Soundtrack’
When I write fiction – be it Reunion: A Story (AKA “the one that’s floating out there on Amazon and the online Barnes & Noble store”), “The New Story,” or the occasional screenplay – I tend to listen to music as I sit at my desk, regardless of whether I’m writing or gnashing my teethContinue reading “‘The New Story: Music from the Original Writing Soundtrack’”
Musings & Thoughts for Thursday, May 18, 2023, or: Today’s Writing Workday Wasn’t a ‘Milk Run’
Well, folks, as you can see, I am posting this on the evening of Thursday, May 18, 2023, from my little corner of the Tampa Bay area. Usually, I post early in the day – between late morning and early afternoon when I’m not working on a project, or as early as possible in theContinue reading “Musings & Thoughts for Thursday, May 18, 2023, or: Today’s Writing Workday Wasn’t a ‘Milk Run’”
On Writing & Storytelling: Well, It Took a While, But I Eventually Came Up with 1K Words (and Eight to Spare)
An excerpt from “The New Story” – No Really Big Spoilers, & It’s Based on a Real-Life Incident. Interlude South Miami Senior High School, December 8, 1981 1 Every school year, the choral groups at South Miami High worked hard to prepare for two concerts. One was the Winter (or Christmas) Concert in December; theContinue reading “On Writing & Storytelling: Well, It Took a While, But I Eventually Came Up with 1K Words (and Eight to Spare)”
On Writing & Storytelling: A Slow Start to My Workday
“The trouble with writing fiction is that it has to make sense, whereas real life doesn’t.”― Iain M. Banks Hi, there, Dear Reader. It’s late morning here in Lithia, Florida, on Wednesday, May 10, 2023, and as I sit here, the keening melody of Barber’s Adagio for Strings breaks the silence of my room asContinue reading “On Writing & Storytelling: A Slow Start to My Workday”
On Writing & Storytelling: Today Was a Good Day to Write…Maybe the Force was With Me?
Sometimes you have to go on when you don’t feel like it, and sometimes you’re doing good work when it feels like all you’re managing is to shovel shit from a sitting position. ― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft One of the earliest lessons I learned when I was a kidContinue reading “On Writing & Storytelling: Today Was a Good Day to Write…Maybe the Force was With Me?”
On Writing & Storytelling: Progress Report on ‘The New Story’ for Tuesday, May 2, 2023
Hi, there, Dear Reader. Well, here we are in the early afternoon of Tuesday, May 2, 2023, and I’m happy to report that I was able to stick to my plan of working on The New Story in the morning/midday shift, then stop – preferably with 1,000 words (more or less, preferably more) written andContinue reading “On Writing & Storytelling: Progress Report on ‘The New Story’ for Tuesday, May 2, 2023”
On Writing & Storytelling: Update on ‘The New Story’ for Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Although today was a “take it easy with the writing” day as far as the Almighty Word Count is concerned, I almost ended up with 1,000 new words added to The New Story. 948, according my Microsoft Word software’s word count function. If you read this morning’s On Writing & Storytelling: Music and Words –Continue reading “On Writing & Storytelling: Update on ‘The New Story’ for Tuesday, April 25, 2023”
On Writing & Storytelling: The First Chapter (Rough Draft, Naturally) of ‘The New Story’ is Finished!
Well, it’s official. I finished the rough draft of the first chapter of The New Story a little over an hour ago. It took me five hours of brainstorming, writing, reading, and reviewing the words on my screen, with only a few breaks to rest my eyes and typing fingers. And even though tomorrow IContinue reading “On Writing & Storytelling: The First Chapter (Rough Draft, Naturally) of ‘The New Story’ is Finished!”
A Certain Point of View, Too 