Tag: Editing & Revising
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Musings & Thoughts for Sunday, July 2, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the Third*
* Alternatively: On Writing & Storytelling: Grappling with Revisions and Uploads to Kindle Direct Publishing Hi there! It’s Sunday, July 2, 2023, and here in Lithia, Florida, it’s late morning. It’s also – no surprise there – a hot early summer day, and the second day of the long (and for me, dull and somewhat…
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On Writing & Storytelling: Revising ‘Reunion’ – Why I Bother*
* Hint: If you want to be considered a professional, you have to put in the effort. “If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot.” – Stephen King It’s late morning here in Lithia, Florida, on Monday, March 13, 2023, and…
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On Writing & Storytelling: The Second Revised Edition of ‘Reunion’ is Live!
A Story Nearly 40 Years in the Making…. “Stories have to be told or they die, and when they die, we can’t remember who we are or why we’re here.” – Sue Monk Kidd It’s afternoon here in Lithia, Florida, on Saturday, March 11, 2023. I’m a bit tired, though; I spent much of yesterday…
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On Writing and Storytelling, or: How I Spent My Friday Afternoon – Revising, Rewriting, and Re-Publishing ‘Reunion’
“Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on.” ― Louis L’Amour Today I spent several hours revising – first on Word, then on Kindle Create – my short story Reunion, which I originally wrote in 1998 but waited 20 years till I could self-publish through Amazon’s CreateSpace…
A Certain Point of View, Too 