Premeditating Writer

I came across a blog today that not only made me laugh, but also focused on what to watch for when we set out to construct our novel. Writing a novel has to do with the reality of our make believe world. But let me stop here...because in the Paperback Writer blog, WorldBuilding No-Nos: Ten Things I Hate about Your...

According to the Diagnostic and Statistic Manual Volume 4(DSM 1V), "obsessions are persistent ideas, thoughts, impulses or images that are experienced as intrusive and inappropriate." To give you an example, it’s like having a song you recently heard go through your head continually even though you want it to stop. I...

I remembered someone had once told me that death is lighter than a feather, and I will deny all knowledge of it. At 3:45 in the morning, I awake from a dream. Suffering from sleeplessness, I see in the bathroom mirror, dark circles around my eyes brought on by the wrath of insomnia. The noise should have faded by now...

After the lunchtime rush, Jamie almost had the Diner to herself, which suited her frame of mind. She needed time to reflect on all that had happened since she had started working at the Eats three weeks ago. Waitressing was more difficult than she had thought it would be. She had to learn a new language, shout orders...

Yes, you heard it right. I fell in love with one of my characters. What’s even more ridiculous is that this character is a bad guy. He plots to kill people. But he is also three dimensional and he is the kind of guy you’d hate to love. I suppose it makes it easier for me to fall in love with him because Lizzie, a main...

A partial of the whole... (An excerpt from my first book, Black Diamonds) That evening at the Eats, Moldoun sharpened the edge of a match and used it to pick between his teeth. “Sometimes I see things I don’t want to,” he told Jamie, who had just returned with his order. “Men getting hurt at the mine, company not caring…” Jamie...

A partial of the whole story.....