A Few InterPlay Forms

I have written a guest post for Patrick Ross over at The Artist’s Road looking at InterPlay in my creative life. In it, I mention a few of the InterPlay forms that I use to loosen up my writing, but I did not describe the forms in detail. For those who are interested in a [...]

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What Image to Show the World? A Question of Presentation

When I first set up this blog, I used a dark, slightly gothic theme. And, I loved it. But, it didn′t reflect who I am or what I write about. My goth days were decades ago. These days, my appreciation of the dark sides of life is subtler. I still love themes of transformation through [...]

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Who Should Writers Read?

Earlier this evening, Patrick Ross tweeted this question to his followers: What are 3 authors every writer must read? This is my response. Knowing Patrick, there will be an interesting post about this on his blog, The Artist’s Road, soon. I hope he doesn′t feel I′m raining on his parade. It′s a great question and [...]

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4 Ways Gardening is Like Editing

Irises and crocuses are blooming in my garden. Perennial herbs and vegetables are showing signs of life after the dormancy of a Northern winter. Inside the house, I have completed the first complete critique of my middle grade fantasy.  Pages of corrections wait for me to enter them into the computer. And, as so often [...]

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Haunted by Unfinished Projects? Fight Back

Do you have unfinished projects niggling at your mind, calling on you to finish them, crying out that they have been abandoned unfairly, and inspiring guilt? If you do, you have a problem. You need to finish those projects or banish them and throw out the guilty feelings. I generate a lot of unfinished projects. [...]

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Irregular Output: A Necessary Part of My Creative Process

If you′ve been following this blog, you will have noticed that I haven′t posted anything for a few weeks. There is a very simple reason for this: I have been working on other things. My natural creative pattern is to immerse myself in a single project for a time and then to resurface and dabble [...]

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