Smitty told me the other night: the world is 3% sociopaths who run roughshod over the rest of us – everyone else just wants to be heard. This might not be an exact quote. Anyway, the thought speaks to me in … Continue reading →
You have to feel a story. It has to come from some impulse way down deep inside. One popular strain of advice for independent writers these days is: write a lot of books really fast. Then when a reader discovers … Continue reading →
Writing a novel isn’t an act of commitment–it’s ten thousand acts of commitment. A vision pops into your head and you know there’s more and it’s miraculous and brilliant, you can feel it right there, just beyond your fingertips. You … Continue reading →
My horoscope said I should be full of creative ideas yesterday and today. Naturally, I’ve been doing everything but writing. All things that need to be done, of course – working on my future, my spiritual growth and practical happiness. … Continue reading →
It’s Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s birthday! He’s a sprightly 153! I’ve been watching the amazing ‘Sherlock’ on PBS lately and then went back to the first episode on Netflix last night. Smitty turned me on to the series … Continue reading →
Once again, Jenny Milchman asked some good questions and made me think hard. So I’m publishing her email and my (much windier) reply here because I don’t want them just getting buried in Comments. The most intelligent summation I’ve read … Continue reading →
Vaudevillians had an article of faith: It’s the Setup, not the Punch Line. Which was a way of remembering that the punch line is just a match, a spark; meaningless without tinder and kindling laid out carefully underneath, ready to … Continue reading →
5.0 out of 5 stars Big time Thriller…Cant put down. March 17, 2012 By debndi7 OMG! As I started to read this book, it jumped right in at the beginning from the death of a friend, to mind probing, running for your life, … Continue reading →
My Thinkpad died and nearly took me with it. This is my fifth Thinkpad; I swear by them. My laptop is my most precious possession. Smitty has her cat; I have my laptop. Friends are shocked whenever I appear anywhere without … Continue reading →
Jenny Milchman sent me a typically well-reasoned response to my last post and it spurred a few additional thoughts. Here’s Jenny first: ‘Love your last graf! Well said, Ted, well said. I agree that anything that supports the primacy of … Continue reading →
