Some of you may know that I am writing a book. Currently, I am editing the entire novel by cutting it in half and rewriting from almost scratch. It’s a fun process, and I like to think I’ve improved immensely over the past four years. I’ve actually done a lot of thinking these past six…
I was fourteen when a scene came to me, a man riding sluggishly through the midnight snowstorm. For weeks, it tormented my mind, so I wrote it down. I will admit that during that winter I experienced what I later found out to be depression. But while all that tumult in my head drug by,…
Well, it seems I was tagged by the amazing J.A. Romano in this new meme about a writer’s work and whatnot. Don’t worry; I don’t ramble. Much. 1. What’s the name of your current WIP? As of right now, it appears to be called The Cold Silence. But that could change umpteen times from finishing.…
Here’s the first of what could (or could not) be my foray into author interviews. Considering the author in question is a friend of mine and a writer bud in my writing group, I thought it best to interview her. It also helps that her debut book, or short story, whatever you want to call…
“I never put off till tomorrow what I can possibly do – the day after.” -Oscar Wilde Right now, you’ve probably read the title and are either curious or frightened. Maybe a little of both. Well, this next sentence isn’t going to ease your nerves one bit. But I’ll throw out the reasons for my…
And…the picture above has sent the creative juices through my head. I might start a novella of sorts, set in the same secondary world, just farther away geographically. It’ll be about a man going to save his criminal brother and the conflict that unfolds. There’ll be motives such as City vs. Country and Helping out…
“There are events which are so great that if a writer has participated in them his obligation is to write truly rather than assume the presumption of altering them with invention.”-Ernest Hemingway A couple of months ago, I ended writing my first “trunk” novel, something every beginning author should do at least once or three…
So, what do you think of the new look? I find it more professional and junk, but what do I know? Also like the picture above; reminds me of home. But enough of that. Thought I might go ahead and say this blogging thing has grown on me like a fungus. I actually like it, frankly.…
Noir, when translated from French, means ‘night.’ Noir, when translated from English, means ‘rain.’ A whole lot of rain. As I stated in my first post, and my bio, and my twitter account, (@Texan_Chill) I’m a fantasy noir writer. The only problem with this is that very few even know what the hell I even…
“A cynic is just a disappointed idealist.” –Carlos Yu No, I’m not talking about an angsty emo teenager who puts on too much eyeshadow to make them look like a raccoon. You laugh, but I know somebody who looks like that. True story. No, I’m talking about that guy who wears that jade-colored glasses; the…
Acerbic Writing 