I don’t make a habit of trying to be controversial in my writing. I have stories I want to tell and I do that to the best of my ability. It wasn’t until a friend of mine pointed out that my stories tend to have some common themes that I was even aware of them. Now, before you ask me what the common themes are, I will tell you right now, I’m not saying. If you want to figure it out, there are ways to do it. But, for the record, this post isn’t about me for a change. Yes, I will still talk about myself. It IS my post, after all, but that still isn’t the point. 😉 So […]
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Get Published Episode 83 – John W Campbell Nominee Mur Lafferty
When I first started listening to podcasts there were two that I always downloaded: The Survival Guide to Writing Fantasy and I Should Be Writing. The Survival Guide with Tee Morris is no longer being produced, but I Should Be Writing with Mur Lafferty most definitely is and I still listen to and enjoy it. That is what makes this episode special for me. I got to talk to Mur about writing and her John W. Campbell nomination. I also got to talk with Paul E. Cooley again. The last time we got together, I had a blast talking about a lot of different things. Paul talked a little bit about a new software application he has developed called MyWrite. […]
Read moreThe Next Book
I have come face-to-face with something I had always hoped for but wasn’t sure would ever happen. That is, writing the next book in a series. Now, before I start sounding all new and everything, the truth is, I have written the first three books of the Mik Murdoch series. Even still, I wasn’t sure what the future of said books would ever be. In fact, I know books two and three are pretty rough so I have to do some serious rewrites. What is different, is there is now a need for those books. I actually have to take the time to ensure they are as good as they can be so they are publishable. That is the difference. […]
Read moreGuest Post – Books that Inspired – Immortality through Writing – by Valerie Griswold-Ford
There were always books in my house.  My parents are both voracious readers, and they imparted that love of words and stories on to their children.  I can remember, when I was still very young, listening to my mother read us The Jungle Book and Bambi (the original novels, not the Disney versions), as well as Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, among others.  The idea of being able to write and influence the world, even after death, was an amazing idea to me.  The fact that I could tell a story and, hundreds of years in the future, someone else could read that same story was, to me, the true proof of immortality. The books that truly fired my urge to write, though, was the Dragonriders […]
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