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Jun.16.2013
Hi, everyone. Welcome to WRITING LITE #2. I’m still talking about suspense, but this time I start at the beginning and discuss the power of that first line. I talk about why it's important, how to approach it, and give you some of my all-time favorite examples.
It is a little longer than I...
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Jun.14.2013
I love to read and in my days before diapers, preschool drop-offs and play dates; I spent my free hours luxuriating in the pleasure of vicariously living different lives in far-away worlds. However, my "free" hours are now long gone as the majority of my time is spent firmly grounded in...
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Jun.13.2013
This morning I called my brother to tell him about the Red Room detective story challenge and to ask which words came to his mind when he thought about Nero Wolfe. My brother said “I have all the books here if you'd like me to check?” I said “not really."
The truth is that I just wanted to hear my...
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Jun.12.2013
My short story collection Exceptions & Deceptions is now available for purchase in a variety of formats.
Nineteen genre-busting tales, literary labyrinths and psychological vignettes that bring to mind the work of Jorge Luis Borges, Richard Matheson, Clive Barker and Harlan Ellison.
For...
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Jun.12.2013
Books are crafted as books. Movies are crafted as movies. The two art forms do not equate. The two art forms are not mix & match. One does not adapt a book verbatim to a movie. One balances the weight of beautiful prose on the wingtip of graceful motion. It is a wonder that it ever happens...
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Jun.11.2013
The approach of Father’s Day this year started me thinking about the man who was my father. It has been years since he died, but I still miss him. As I’ve got older, I think I understand him better. My father worked hard all...
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Jun.08.2013
I have recently been given a wee bottle of Absinthe called DIABLE VERT, or, Green Devil. It is from Barcelona. It is delightfully green and promises 70% proof. I will await some evening when I do not have to function for awhile before embarking on a taste or two. I...
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Jun.08.2013
"Tally-ho," we cried, setting out on our book hunting adventure.
No, not really. Not even figuratively. The book hunt was more a conversation.
"What books are you looking for?" my wife asked.
"Just The Alienist right now. I haven't been able to find it anywhere. What are you...
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Jun.07.2013
Well, I am hoping that he is right about this. He seems to have his feet in both camps, which gives a balanced perspective. Traditional publishers do have to keep abreast of the times, but I do not see why they can not just invest in, and absorb unto themselves, the possibilities of eBooks and...
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Jun.05.2013
Feels really weird getting a note from someone in the midst of reading the e-book version of my short story collection Exceptions & Deceptions...and I still haven't received a physical proof of the book!
Is it just me? Any other authors out there still stuck, technologically speaking, around...
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