I’m listening to Tracy Chapman sing her song “Behind the Doors, and remembering a time in my life when I was the one who heard the screaming …
Advance disclaimer: I’ve known Dana Corby for close to 45 years, and Bjoern Hartsfvang for over 30 (or as I sometimes joke, long enough to finally learn how to spell his name). Royal Roads: Pilgrimages Through the Four Elements and Beyond by Dana Corby (Author), Bjoern-Erik Hartsfvang (Author) To begin with, this is not […]
What seems a lifetime ago, I used to write fanfic, mainly in the Harry Potter fandom. Unlike a number of folks I know, I remained below the radar and never gained a great following, which actually suits me fine. “Fame and fortune, that’s not for me!”
I’m cleaning out old files and found this drabble I wrote for one of the HP lists back then, got a giggle and thought I’d share.
Originally written for the (now long-vanished) after_class group on yahoogroups.com for a dictionary drabble challenge. Standard and customary disclaimers regarding copyright, ownership, and the lack thereof by myself apply.
http://www.sfwa.org/other-resources/for-authors/writer-beware/agents/?fbclid=IwAR2q0Snl2-Y-qKplTMfDnjrS-E6sEdCIRuGfYqrTrDH20sfxSKwi9RIwTeg The article linked above was mentioned elsewhere by a friend. It’s well worth reading.
Block. Muse. No block. Tide, flow – ebb. Art: Create, Write. Work. Hobby. Eat, breathe. Career. Get a job Feed your art. Live. Enjoy. Love. Above all – create. The last day of the Writers’ Weekend at Coppertoppe, I jotted down the above free-verse. It’s sort of a brief summary […]
As noted on Zig Zag Claybourne’s website:“In grown-folks land, “It’s Turning Purple, I Think We Should Quit” was the subject of a riotous podcast discussion by the good folks at Gotham Lights Podcast. Listen here. NSFW but, seriously, when has that ever stopped you?” I found this to be an extremely funny book, I read […]
At a recent writers’ workshop that I attended, there was a brief discussion on reading reviews. Some did, some didn’t; a very few read every review, regardless. One person commented on a “One Star” review that they had committed to memory. That review said, “I finished it, but I don’t know […]
I have been instructed, on more than one occasion, that unless you are writing every day, you are not “A Real Writer”“TM & Pat Pending” So sad, too bad. I don’t write, at least not in the usual and customary sense of the term, every day. Yes, I am at […]
A run-down of “The Rules” as seen by several personages, some of whom may be recognizable.
A short drabble/slash fiction piece on the subject of writing.