Category Archives: Writing
My Work in Progress: Response to a Prompt Chain
J. D. McLaughlin tagged me recently in a post she wrote last week. Now it is my turn to respond to said prompt/questions (Make sure you go read hers as well.) And now, unto the post. 1: What is the working title of one of your current stories? I’ve decided to answer these questions about my …
Novel Remodeling
On Friday I finally got around to getting a printed copy of the latest draft of Flowers for Dionysus, my first novel. That was the fourth, and red-inking for the fifth has already begin. In fact, I will probably get to page 100 tonight at least. Some interesting things have happened. I wanted to move some …
Review: The Art of Reading
Last night I completed a course on DVD from The Great Courses called “The Art of Reading”. The Four DVD set contains 24 lectures each of about 30 minutes in length. No mail-in evaluations, just lectures designed to be viewed from the privacy of your home. The lecturer was one Dr. Timothy Spurgin, English professor …
Writings Update
A brief update on how my writings are going, and what my short term plans are. –On the fiction front, I will soon begin the delayed fifth draft of my first novel, Flowers for Dionysus, the story of a disillusioned community theatre actor who begins to experience unexplained but inspirational events in and around the playhouse. …
Spring Training for Writers
A few days ago, Major League Baseball began this year’s spring training exhibition games. Spring training games are a strange experience. It’s still Major League Baseball, and fans still attend, cheer on their team, and buy concessions as they do so. Yet the games don’t officially count. These training games, for all of their similarity …
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