I know I talk about my writing group a lot. I love my writing group. They’re awesome. But we did have someone join our group for one meeting. A lot of our group didn’t like her writing, although I kind of liked the frantic nature of her work and the way she jumped from idea Read More…

I was reading an article on writing tips the other day, and I read something that made me think. The author urged young writers to not plan the ending. Write and the ending will present itself, they said. Man, I couldn’t imagine doing that at all. To me, that sounds like blindfolding yourself, shooting an Read More…

As I said in my previous post, I’m working on a novel called Schism. I’m in the rewriting process now, and I have to say, it’s a lot of fun. When I started the novel, I wanted it to be about a punk rocker. I was a punk, so I’m an expert in the punk Read More…

I originated this blog with the idea that I would talk about my thoughts on writing, ideas that my writing group comes up with, and update everyone on how my writing is going. I’ve done pretty well on the first two! Mind you, my day job does interfere with my blogging, but I kind of Read More…

This is a topic that people get really passionate about. I don’t really understand why, because really, it tends to be personal choice. But here’s my opinion. I don’t like italics. I know the author is just telling me how to read something, and it’s fine for them to tell you which words need emphasis, Read More…

I was talking with a friend about writing, and I came upon a realization. I like stories more when people are really bad at their jobs. I mean, either they’re just downtrodden, stuck in something they hate, or when they’re just ill-suited for the positions they find themselves in. There are a lot of stories Read More…