by Tom | Apr 29, 2017 | Short Stories, Things I Wrote, Writing
Years ago, Guns n’ Roses said, “I put the pen to the paper ’cause it’s all a part of me.” We’ve moved on from pen and paper in the intervening years, but I did the 21st-Century equivalent and put electronic words onto a screen. I...
by Tom | Apr 24, 2017 | Writing
Like many writers, I’m in a writing group (sometimes called a critique group). I checked out a couple of writing groups before joining my current one. The first group I tried to join didn’t want to take on another genre writer. This is what I’ve...
by Tom | Apr 20, 2017 | Craft, Writing
Years ago, the late New York Times columnist William Safire compiled “The Fumblerules of Grammar.” I got reminded of one of them today. If you’ve never seen them, they are hilarious and tremendous. If you’ve seen them before, enjoy another...
by Tom | Apr 16, 2017 | Craft, Writing
I took a couple days off to enjoy spring break with my family (my wife is a teacher and our daughter is off for the week). Like a lot of people, we used some of the time to do some spring cleaning–or, in our case, some spring clearing-out. We have too much stuff...
by Tom | Apr 5, 2017 | Writing
Are you an outliner or a “pantser?” That’s not a question about pants-wearing preferences. (After all, who doesn’t love going without pants?) It’s a question about preparing to write something. For years, I was a pantser. That is, I wrote...
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