Writing “Vintage” Fiction
“Vintage” is defined as “representing the high quality of a past time” as well as “old fashioned, obsolete”. The first definition seems a better fit for stories of what one publisher classifies...
View ArticleEverybody Loves a Good Ghost Story!
Let me say—I DO love a good ghost story My first introduction to ghosts was Washington Irving’s classic The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Who couldn’t be sucked into the story of poor Ichabod Crane and his...
View ArticleWriting or Wrestling?
When someone asks me how long I’ve been writing, I usually reply, “Since I could hold a #2 pencil in my fat little fist.” I wrote poems, stories, essays, term papers, and voluminous letters. The essays...
View ArticleGrab That Idea Before It Gets Away!
Most interviewers have one standard question in common—and it’s legitimate, because readers often want to know where writers get their ideas for stories: Where do you get your ideas for stories? In my...
View ArticleThe Most Important Words You’ll Ever Write
I have a picture of my grandmother (born 1875) sitting at a table on which several books repose. She wears a dainty white dress and leans on her elbow toward an open book. Two young gentlemen also have...
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