What I’m Reading – American Gods
A video review of the book American Gods by Neil Gaiman. Read more books. Tell people about the books you’ve reading. Talk about them. It’s good for your heart. It’s good for your soul. It’s just good.
This is Just Terrible! – An Important Part of the Writing Process
When Steve and I write together, at least once during every project Steve will lament, “There’s no story, there’s nothing going on, there’s no conflict, it’s not funny!” He’s only partly joking when he does it. No matter how much thought, imagination, preparation and care we’ve put into the project, there is often a point [...]
Make Writing a Job
I’ve talked before about scheduling writing, treating it as a job, but even I forget my own advice sometimes. As I mentioned in my last post, I’ve been pining for the day when I had the luxury to write the book that has been forming in my head for several months. When I got the [...]
Putting Off Procrastination
Writers often find the most creative excuses not to write. We will use anything from messy desks to low biorhythms to avoid getting down to business. Creativity is fragile, we think, and we mustn’t jostle it. I am as guilty of this as anyone. And I know that creativity isn’t fragile at all, it’s hale [...]
Fireworks
My writing partner Steve’s favorite two holidays aren’t Christmas or Thanksgiving, they’re Hollowe’en and 4th of July. Both offer an element of mischief (good, clean, fun, American mischief, of course) and both offer some wonderful spectacle. 4th of July in the United States is a time of celebrating our independence, (it was from England, for [...]






