Category Archives: Writing
“Farewell” to My Characters?
I’ve been in many stage plays over the years. Some were good, some were bad. Yet in most cases, there’s an image I associate with the ending of such productions. In most cases, on my level of theater, the actors help to tear down the set and clean up the venue after the last performance …
One Month Until Launch
To announce the one-month countdown to the launch of my novel, Flowers of Dionysus on June 21st, I’d like to share with you the cover I’ll be using for the e-book version. This charming cover was designed and produced by my friend and fellow author/self publisher, J. Lea Lopez. She also helped out with line editing for …
How to Look Like a Writer
I don’t “look” like a writer much of the time, I dare say. I try to act and think like one, of course, but I don’t appear to be one. Okay, yes. Yes. I know that there isn’t one look for all writers. I know that any attempt to define one would require perpetuating some …
My Writing Process
I don’t have one. All right, that was a cheap cold opening, and also not 100% accurate. It’s not a lie, either. Because in most cases I don’t have a consistent process that I follow when I write. I don’t start at exactly the same time each day, I don’t have certain music on, or …
Meet the Character: Archibald LeMay
The fifth and final point-of-view character for my upcoming novel, Flowers of Dionysus is Archibald LeMay. LeMay is probably not evil by most standards, but he is certainly unethical and even more certainly unlikable. Appointed the interim-president of the Little Dionysus Playhouse by the Board of Directors before the adjourned for the summer, the man seems …
