I didn’t have an author/reader chat Saturday in May, so I will try to have two in June, including today. Please post any questions (writing, author, book related) you have, and I will answer them as soon as possible. You… Read More ›
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My Readers Rock!
Perhaps the greatest blessing I receive as an author is hearing from readers. They send me emails, letters, photos, drawings, such as this great rockin’ dragon sent by Sierra Reep, and even cookies. They tell me how much my books… Read More ›
Story Development – Wanted, A Superhero to Save the World Part 7
In our ongoing lessons on story development, I give you part 7 of “Wanted, A Superhero to Save the World.” Now that Eddie has failed in his first goal, I needed to make sure the failure led to a new… Read More ›
The Hero Door
The Hero Door (Updated May 1, 2022) I was good at my job. Everyone in my company knew it, and they relied on my computer expertise daily. Being a helpful, dependable worker who was seen by his peers and supervisor… Read More ›
Moments of Gold – A Poem
Moments of Gold Bryan Davis The moments of time that lay piled up and scattered I frittered away as if none of them mattered. A rich man was I, so why bother to measure The castaway minutes my elders called… Read More ›
Inspirational Quotes for Writers #8
Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It’s a way of understanding it. — Lloyd Alexander [wp_ad_camp_1]
Are You a Scrub Jay?
I will never forget this hiking experience in one of Florida’s scrub forests. We came upon a family of scrub jays. I had heard that, unlike most birds, they have very little fear of humans. That proved to be an… Read More ›
The Boundaries of “What if?” ; Part 2
Christian readers are often sensitive about stories that relate to the Bible, and rightly so. They react against writing that twists the contents of the Bible in a way that denigrates the messages they revere. When my book Eye of… Read More ›
Story Development – Wanted, A Superhero to Save the World Part 4
In our ongoing lessons on story development, I give you part 4 of “Wanted, A Superhero to Save the World.” In this excerpt, the action settles to a simmering tension. Character qualities rise to the surface, both Eddie’s and Damocles’s,… Read More ›
Critique Group – Controlled
We critiquers are smart. Right? Well, the authors certainly are, and I’m not lion, but they are always glad to get some help from reasonably smart readers like us. So let’s roar into this week’s submission. Don’t forget the critiquing guidelines…. Read More ›