Number Sixteen Good Books Take Time This is an important rule and it applies 100% of the time. The question is, “How much time?” Well, that part gets a little fuzzy. The real answer is that a good book takes as much time as it needs. Not a moment less, and not a second longer. …
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About Life
Jan 28
Two Hundred Word Tuesday Question
The THWT Question for 28 JAN 2020 is: When did you first realize you wanted to be a writer? Keep Loving!
Jan 22
Where I've Been…
Hello, All! Yes, I know it’s been nearly a year since I more or less vanished from the world of online presence, but I’m back now! I think all of you deserve at least a cursory overview of where I’ve been and what I’ve been up to the last 11-ish months, so here goes… The …
Jan 10
Vanishing Authors
Those of you who follow me on Twitter have likely seen me comment over the years about why so many authors (mostly working in the indie or self-published arenas) seem to vanish from social media and other writer forums. As I have also commented, I have had a few ideas as to why this happens, …
Dec 24
The Christmas Present
When I was a kid, my family didn’t have a lot. We were kind of like the poverty-stricken snake: We didn’t have a pit to hiss in. One thing we did have was family, such as it was. I never knew my dad’s mother or my mom’s father; they both died before I was born. …
Dec 18
The Christmas Tree
As an author, I’m asked many times about my favorite Christmas memories. The questions come from readers, publishers, reviewers, and many others. Those memories tend to wind up being edited down to a paragraph. Maybe two. You can’t really do justice to a memory in that space. Growing up in the Missouri Ozarks, we often …
Nov 23
When Pigs Fly
When I was a kid, Thanksgiving was always the big “family holiday”. We usually went to the farm that my aunt and uncle owned and had a big family dinner with them, but it was always the next couple of days that stuck in my mind. Don’t get me wrong, though…the turkey and ham that …
Nov 22
Thanksgiving Day 2018
Today, Thanksgiving Day, we are all occupied with thoughts of things we are thankful for in our lives. This perfectly normal and, honestly, what we should all be thinking of. But I want to take a few minutes to remind you, perhaps, of a few things you should be thankful for that you may have …
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