As a writer I’m plagued with too many ideas. They all rattle around my head until one eventually fights its way too the top and screams ‘Victory!’ So ...
Time Travel (also called research)
“Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.” -Mark TwainI've started in on the ...
The People You Meet Pt. 3
Joshua SlocumWhile I was taking sailing lessons in the San Francisco Bay, I mentioned to the Captain that I was reading Sailing Alone Around the ...
The People You Meet Pt. 2
Winifred Bonfils “Annie Laurie”Winifred Bonfils was a contemporary of Nellie Bly. In 1889 she bluffed her way onto the staff of Hearst's San ...
The People You Meet Pt. 1
I hated history in school. In American schools, (at least the one I attended) the curriculum alternated between American and World history every other ...
Teaching a Writer New Tricks
‘Write what you know.’ I’ve heard that advice a lot through the years, but I’ve never liked it. It makes it sound like writers can’t learn anything ...
An Epiphany
Yes, I have them on occasion. For the past two months, ever since my deadline came and went, a question has been rattling in the back of my head like ...
