It’s been almost a year and a half since I started blogging, and even though it has had its ups and downs, here lately I’m seeing my numbers drop off slowly and steadily. It makes me wonder if this blogging thing is really all it’s cracked up to be. I won’t quit. No way. I … Continue reading »
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Jesus and the Christian Writer
I’m a Christian writer. In a nation that is becoming increasingly post-Christian I am proud to call myself a Christian writer. If you do not believe that we are becoming a post-Christian nation, that there is hope for our nation to “go back to God”, then we have a long way to go, and in … Continue reading »
Tolkien on Inspiration
Today’s post is fortuitous in that Tolkien is again in the news. Yesterday NPR ran a story about an ancient Roman ring that may have been the inspiration for The One Ring in Tolkien’s Middle Earth epic. You can find “The Vyne” here, but the summary of the story is that Tolkien was brought in … Continue reading »
Killing the Narrator
When creating an outline for a novel, I think very carefully about point of view. The biggest problem I usually have is picking a point of view that works for the entire novel but also has a thematic purpose. Today’s most common point of view is third person singular which follows one character throughout the … Continue reading »
Why Do I Write?
I’ve had a pretty rough week as a writer. I have quibbled over two projects I currently have in the works, and realized that I haven’t really done enough in the planning stage to continue. I have spent the past two days without a single word written and it’s killing me. My problems are thus: … Continue reading »
Sly, a Dog and a Dream: An Inspirational Writing Story
Today I read a very inspirational story about Sylvester Stallone’s early career, which just goes to show that we need to keep working toward our goals even if the world tells us we are not a success. Stallone’s parents divorced when he was 9 and he lived with his mother in Philadelphia where he graduated … Continue reading »
The Death of Peter Parker
I may be a writer, but at heart I will always be a comic book loving fanboy. I just have to say something about the death of Peter Parker, and if you haven’t already read The Amazing Spiderman #700, you should, because one of comic book fan’s most beloved super heroes has died…and he went … Continue reading »
This Writer’s New Year’s Resolutions
It’s a new year. Yesterday was a retrospect on what I have done, and today shall be a list of things I hope to accomplish in 2013. So here goes: 1. Podcast – Very soon (tomorrow to be exact) I will collaborate with another indie writer friend of mine, Ryan McKinley, (writer of The Pirate … Continue reading »
9 Days Until the End of My Book…Or the End of the World
I spent the day with my mother yesterday. It would have been her 48th wedding anniversary had my Dad lived to see it. Dad passed away a little over 2 years ago, and that day is always very sad for mom. Needless to say, I didn’t get much writing done, but she’s worth the time … Continue reading »
A New Personal Record
This last weekend I worked on my novel marathon style. Saturday I managed to participate in the annual Norman Holiday Parade, dressing up as a special forces scout trooper and marching with my JediOKC friends. At 1:00pm, after downing a gluten free lunch at Texadelphia, it was off to the laptop for a non-stop writing … Continue reading »
