“Restless Leg Syndrome? Oh, that’s an electrolyte imbalance,” said a doctor-friend. “Just drink Gatorade.” I shrugged. Couldn’t hurt. So I…
What does “show, don’t tell” really mean, anyway? Last week Chuck Sambuchino posted my article “7 Things I’ve Learned So…
I want to pass along an exercise I led earlier this month at a high school Writers Fest. I asked…
This month I read two awesome mysteries, Mary Miley’s The Impersonator, and Kristen Kittscher’s The Wig in the Window, and…
I learn a ton when I interview my characters. Over the years, I’ve compiled a set of questions for them,…
This past February while writing a new scene, a character showed up, whispered to my protagonist, “We have safe houses…
How and where is it best to enter into a particular story—which moment, which sounds and which smells should a…
I’m scared right now. Scared that I won’t be able to write another novel, or at least, not one worth…
This past month I was one of the logistics people behind the best-kept secret on the writing conference circuit: the…
Chuck Palahniuk’s Fight Club begins like this: Tyler gets me a job as a waiter, after that Tyler’s pushing…