"His mimsy gait and uffish demeanor could barely conceal his slithy character and vorpal intellect."
Tag: fiction
Why Best Selling Authors are Your Best Friends
Don't hate E. L. James and James Patterson, they are the aspiring writer's best friends.
Styling Sentences
When you write your novel, do you style your sentences? Do you believe it is necessary?
The Money from Books
Just in case I pull a JK Rowling, I will set up a tax shelter in the Caymans first.
POV and the Emotions of the Narrator
The emotions of your narrator, your POV, is something you have to be conscious about.
Am I a Genre Writer?
It seems that there is not a professional writer out there who is not yet tired of the question "Am I a writer?" or "How do I know I am a writer?" So much so that I felt compelled to answer the question myself. A more pressing question for me is, am I a genre … Continue reading Am I a Genre Writer?
Plagiarism Phobia
There should be a word for "a true story that nobody can believe". I've experienced a few, one of them directly related to writing. It was in 1975 in Cleveland Heights. I was 12 years old and my then best friend and I would get together in his room in the attic and write stories … Continue reading Plagiarism Phobia
The Inadequate Writer
I would first like to offer my sincere congratulations to Stephanie Feldman on the publication of her first novel The Angel of Losses. She spent more than a decade struggling to write and her third book has finally been accepted for publication. She recently wrote and excellent article about her experience as an unpublished author titled Failing … Continue reading The Inadequate Writer
Finding Your Own Voice
Peter Sellers, best known for his contribution to Blake Edwards movies like The Pink Panther, appeared as a guest on the Muppet Show one time. He was discovered in the dressing room in the process of trying to disguise as Queen Victoria. The disguise was, quite hilariously, not going well. "Don't worry," said a muppet, … Continue reading Finding Your Own Voice
Will Pot Change Literature?
Robert Louis Stevenson used cocaine. Charles Baudelaire used hashish. Jean Cocteau used opium. Jean-Paul Sartre used amphetamines. Philip K. Dick used speed. Aldous Huxley used mushrooms. Hunter S. Thompson used mescaline along with the usual stuff like LSD and pot. William S. Burroughs, Jack Kerouac, Ken Kesey, Stephen King, Thomas de Quincey, Hubert Selby, William Yeats, the list goes on. As if … Continue reading Will Pot Change Literature?
Samurai Novelist 