I left the blogworld a few weeks ago with the notion to find Zen, thinking that maybe it wasn’t possible, and even if it was, that I probably wouldn’t want to keep it. A little bit of paradise … who needs that? Nobody and I’ll tell you why. Once you get a taste of perfection,… Continue reading Zen and Writing
Category: Writing
Demon or Muse?
I have been revisiting the idea that many fiction writers (and other artists) write to 'unshackle' their demon(s). When I say demons, I do not want you to envision red-horned minions of Lucifer, but instead, the random and sometimes very specific dark thoughts and feelings in general that pain, worry, anger, or cause extreme doubt… Continue reading Demon or Muse?
My Chat at the Chin Wag
Once you've been 'Chin Wagged' you are never the same. Richard Godwin puts on the heat, whether it's in his racy crime/noir and horror fiction, self-promoting his latest novel, Apostle Rising, or interviewing writers in an unparalleled, vogue format. I’m not sure what all you will learn about me in this interview here, but I… Continue reading My Chat at the Chin Wag
Ugly Stepchildren and You—
Last year, a nonfiction piece of mine received honorable mention in a fairly, large writing contest, The Kay Snow Writing Contest of the Willamette Writer’s Association. Having my picture on stage in front of Chelsea Cain and Phillip Margolin and a pretty, gold-embossed certificate to take home pleased me greatly. However, the story was not… Continue reading Ugly Stepchildren and You—
Stealing Babies
Plagiarism. It’s more than stealing other writers’ words — it’s an abduction of their children.Writers’ stories and poems are special works created from their heart, their strengths and weaknesses…from places in the soul where love, fear, and anger are born and the mental, emotional, and sometimes even physical exertion it takes to craft these personal… Continue reading Stealing Babies
Erin Cole 