Yesterday, Mr. Gene left four huge, ripe cucumbers on the kitchen counter for me, fresh from the garden. I like cucumbers, and was glad to…
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Yesterday, Mr. Gene left four huge, ripe cucumbers on the kitchen counter for me, fresh from the garden. I like cucumbers, and was glad to…
Sunday, April 16, 2023 The main course for dinner tonight is New York strip steak with Hasselback potatoes. For Gene’s steak, I’ll be using a…
Why should an author blog include stuff about cooking? I know what you’re thinking. Who care’s what a fiction author is fixing for dinner?…
Ray Bradbury once said, “I don’t tell anyone how to write and no one tells me.” Yet, when pressed, he produced eight “rules” for successful…
Trope. Other than an obscure word, what is it? The dictionary says it’s a figurative or metaphorical use of a word or expression. If that’s all…
We use words all the time. But which words, and how we use them, matters. Not all words are created equal. There are no shortcuts…
Phlebotinum is any substance that can be sprinkled, inhaled, injected, or otherwise deployed to create an effect needed by the plot. Examples include dilithium crystals,…
How the author answers the the question, “what was he thinking,” can be critical. Readers need to understand the thoughts and motivations of characters, otherwise…
We’ve all read them. Some stories just grab you by the throat and force you to keep reading. Others kind of meander along, and you…
We’ve all read them: stories that grab you by the throat and force you to keep reading. That’s the kind of story we all want…