All Grown Up
I often read stories that seem very grown-up. A story may seem grown-up to me for any of a number of reasons. […]
Tag: creative writing
Me in My Book
A new friend recently told me that they’d started reading my book. Initially I was, of course, happy that they’d bought a […]
Shifting Sands
Before I started writing fiction I worked as an economics consultant, and before that, I was an electronics engineer. In none of […]
Writing Spaces and Writing Places
I’ve got this theory about writing. Like many notions about the craft it’s a little silly. But it gets me through the […]
Ruthless Cutting
“I had a computer file where I would stick these things, a little novel prison, and I’d tell myself if I missed […]
The Word As A Journey
Writing is a journey that has no end; a path always in the making. It is impossible to say where and when […]
Writing Advice I Give Myself
For this post I thought I would collect some of the writing advice that I keep on and on giving myself. I […]
Thinking and Writing. Or Not.
I’m 38,000 feet over the eastern seaboard somewhere between Boston and Miami, on a cramped and noisy jet plane, sitting next to […]
A Writer’s Confession
My biggest problem as a writer is trying to protect my characters. Tension and conflict don’t come easily to me. As someone […]
Splendid and Immense
“Ser cronopio es contrapelo, contraluz, contranovela, contradanza, contratodo, contrabajo, contrafagote, contra y recontra cada día, contra cada cosa que los demás aceptan […]