There is a Winter Texan writing group in which I have the pleasure of participation. This group meets during the months of December through March ( all go back up north) and each week we would do a writing prompt. Most of the prompts are flash fiction and carry a theme. The one below was to be less […]
Reblogged from T. W. Dittmer: A call for help. Hopefully she can be found
I am busily working on my second novel. Well actually it is the third, but if you read the “About” page you will understand that my first is holding the laundry room door open. It is the printed first draft manuscript of my very first book and at 110,000 words it keeps the door from […]
Having nothing in my head the other day I asked myself a question. “I wonder who the top authors are on Amazon.” I more or less wanted to see how many modern authors were on the list and how many were fiction writers. Since I did not know the answer I went to my trusty […]
Since this is a blog about fiction favorites I thought I would take a little detour. Rather than discuss a particular piece of fiction I would like to take you on a small journey and tell a story that is real but sounds like fiction. The key difference between a fictional story and reality is […]
melissajanda nominated me for the Super Sweet Blogging Award. Melissa is a mom, wife, writer and an all-round interesting blogger. Her subjects pretty much cover a number of areas concerning the writing craft. I want to thank her for the nomination and I will do my best to evolve into something resembling sweet. I think the […]
I have been nominated for the Best Moment Award by melissajanda on her wonderful blog; The Buzz on Writing. You can visit the post and view an amazing video that she created in honor of receiving the award. Her video is an inspiration to all of us who toil in the loneliest of […]
I was planning on putting a piece of poetry on this post today but somehow my folder is missing. I spent way too much time looking so I am in the position of having to repeat I post I did last year. I think I had about three or four readers at the time, so maybe it […]
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