Back when I was a kid I collected baseball cards. The most valuable cards were always a player’s rookie card. For writers, our ‘rookie card’ is our debut novel. You have a chance to win the ‘rookie card’ of my friend, and fellow member of Saucy Ink, Bill Denise. He
As with my review of Hunger Games, I’m late to the party when it comes to Catching Fire. I had so many questions heading into Catching Fire. The ending of Hunger Games did a great job of setting up all these new conflicts and I couldn’t wait to see how
Today, I’d like to relate something that my friend Paul Rienzo (@PaulRienzo) taught me. It has been a great metaphor for understanding my world and the relationships I have with the people around me. It helps me understand not only how to act, but also explains why I feel certain
Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi at Writers Helping Writers (formerly The Bookshelf Muse) have added two more books to their Descriptive Thesaurus Collection: The Positive Trait Thesaurus: A Writer’s Guide to Character Attributes and The Negative Trait Thesaurus: A Writer’s Guide to Character Flaws. To celebrate, they are hosting a
Today is going to be a little bit of promotion. I stand to benefit, but there are 34 other outstanding writers who have joined in this collection. This promotion is as much for them as it is for me. In January, the moderators of Holly Lisle‘s Forum approached her with
Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard. – Kevin Durant Our kids have a way of being much more honest than adults, and by their honesty, sometimes they can show us our true feelings. My daughter and I were riding in the car talking about her ‘new’ harmonica
I’ve just finished reading Deceived by Paul Kemp. Deceived is based on the popular online game Star Wars : The Old Republic. If you aren’t familiar with it, it is set in the Star Wars universe thousands of years before Luke Skywalker blows up the Death Star, but pays great
Life has a way of presenting you moments that encourage you to seek out the assistance of other people. In the writer’s life, it might be asking for a critique, or a blurb on an upcoming book you are releasing. As a dad, it might be needing someone to watch
English is such a limited language sometimes, and that’s never more clear than when we talk about love. I love my wife. I love my kids. I love my dad, my mom and my sister. I love the Panthers. I loved my cat before he passed away. I love to
Why do we blog? Why after months, or years do we still blog? For the writer, blogging is little bit like going to the gym. Friend of the blog Patrick Phillips recently posted Seven Reasons he keeps blogging from a list of 21 Reasons to Keep Blogging by Craig McBreen. I’d