Category Archives: Thoughts about Writing

This month my writers group commented on a substantive revision of a short story they’d seen earlier. I composed much of the revision on my little laptop, an Aeus two-in-one. I like that device a lot, but sometimes the keyboard is … Continue reading →

I seem to have settled into a workable routine about 4 days out of the week. I get up, have coffee, read for half an hour, and then settle in at the computer. Usually, I get at least two productive … Continue reading →

Writing friend J.C. Ross lent me the Josip Nokakovich book Writing Fiction Step by Step. Nokakovich’s book has fourteen chapters; each chapter is a element of story, like Character, Plot, Point of View and so on. Nokakovich won the Man … Continue reading →

A week and a half ago, I sent out a story. Daily Science Fiction rejects work very quickly, so I figured I’d know in a day or two, no longer, that they didn’t want it. I was already figuring out … Continue reading →

I read Ursula LeGuin’s revision of her excellent craft book, Steering the Craft. In it, LeGuin says that first person (“I”) is the easiest voice to write in. I—what? Are you kidding me? It may seem natural to write in, … Continue reading →