Monthly Archives: April 2019

…and now for something completely different.

What is it that excites — gratifies — engrosses you? Or, as we say, what blows your skirt up? This is a serious question, one that each of us can and should examine seriously. I get a charge out of … Continue reading

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The Two Mistakes

Unless I’m forgetting something (always possible), there are only two things you can do wrong when writing fiction. The things you can do wrong are being incoherent and being boring. Those are both big categories, however. “Incoherent” includes everything from … Continue reading

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