Looking Inward to Stave Off Artistic Blues If you know me personally or read my recent post, The Case for Christmas, you know I'm a diehard …
Writing
Daniel Palmer on Writing, Success & the Dog that Saved his Career
Had my number-dyslexia not kicked in on the last day of Bouchercon this year, I might not have read what's become one of my favorite …
Writing Grandad
One of my dreams as a kid was to live in a library, the kind in old Victorian mansions, with walls made up of loaded wooden shelves stacked …
How Does Your Story Grow?
My dad is a master gardener. He taught me early on that canned peas are to fresh what beef jerky is to top sirloin and that it takes skill, …
Show to Tell
We've all heard the writing principle, "Show, don't tell." By avoiding endless descriptions and summarizations (aka, "expositing"), we allow …