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Am I a Writer? 21 Apr 2012 | 03:08 am
I'm a writer only because I'm obsessed with putting words together into sentences, and the sentences into paragraphs, and then organizing those paragraphs into something resembling a story, but I woul...
Music and the Muse 3 Apr 2012 | 03:50 am
The topic of music as inspiration comes up a lot and was raised recently by someone I follow on Twitter. Looking back, I see I wrote about this topic a little more than 2 years ago (Music as Inspirati...
Rock On, Pan Historia 3 Apr 2012 | 03:18 am
Wyatt's column in the Spring 2012 Pan Historian reminded me of something I'd just read in an earlier edition. This is from a December 2004 interview with Wyatt Earp: [I]f I look at Pan as a whole it's...
Foibles and Frustrations of Collaborative Writing 2 Apr 2012 | 05:01 am
Most of the time I'm a solo writer, with several WIPs in various stages of existence. (I deliberately did not use the word 'completion', but that is a topic for another day.) Back in 2003, I was invit...
Unfinished Collaboration: Accidental Witch, Post 2 26 Feb 2012 | 06:38 am
Aidan touched the tender knot on his head and winced as he squinted at Ailwyn. "So you're not a--no, of course you're not." He started to shake his head and grimaced at the dull, thobbing ache that s...
Unfinished Collaboration: Accidental Witch, Post 1 26 Feb 2012 | 06:11 am
Another collaboration has been cut short, this time due to my writing partner deciding on a religious path that doesn't include writing about occult subjects. So I figured I may as well share what I'd...
Get a Grip 15 Feb 2012 | 09:02 am
I often doubt my ability to write fiction. Feedback can give me some reassurance, but sometimes even that makes me doubt myself more. Like when readers seem to have a better grasp of my characters tha...
Storytelling, Writing, and the Golden Mean 9 Feb 2012 | 08:49 am
The other day, I perused a list of links to story posts that had been recommended by other readers. As I read one after another, I started to notice something: several posts had received their awards ...
Weird West Short Story: Traveler's Luck 16 Oct 2011 | 02:57 am
Cranked this out for a short story contest at Pan Historia. I was going for a pulp fiction feel. Think I succeeded? The ticket agent shook his head and pointed at the schedule. "Last stage left about...
Halloween Drabble: Feeding Time 13 Oct 2011 | 08:04 am
A drabble is micro fiction of 100 words, no more, no less. This year's drabble challenge at Pan Erotica is Horror Tropes. We were given a list of tropes to choose from. This one can be interpreted to ...
