There is a poignant scene near the end of the movie Return of the King when Frodo is finishing his book but he still feels the pain from an old wound. He winces, rubbing his shoulder, and muses to himself: How do you pick up the threads of an old
by Jason Sheehan (author of A Private Little War and Tales from the Radiation Age) Chekhov’s Gun and Duncan’s Briefcase Two observations on the dramatic lives of inanimate objects Anton Chekhov is having something of a moment. Thanks to the finale of Breaking Bad, the obsessive recapping of and writing
I fell for it. A random friend request from a stranger on Facebook turned into a scam to try and recruit the rest of my friends to an internet dating site…or worse. I get a lot of friend requests from people I don’t know, and I assume they are readers
By Roberta Trahan (author of The Well of Tears & The Keys to the Realms) “You get ideas from daydreaming. You get ideas from being bored. You get ideas all the time. The only difference between writers and other people is we notice when we’re doing it.” –Neil Gaiman One
I was recently on vacation with my family and watched my eight year-old daughter come to terms with absolute terror. My oldest wanted to go on a ride at the Santa Cruz boardwalk that propels you vertically like a rocket and then zips you up and down, kind of like
For Michelle (and her London tube commute). Enjoy! New covers for Landmoor and Silverkin are also ready. See here: Landmoor: http://www.amazon.com/Landmoor-ebook/dp/B001U3YFP2/ref=sr_1_5_title_1_kin?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1373756537&sr=1-5 Silverkin: http://www.amazon.com/Silverkin-ebook/dp/B004VWXRFI/ref=sr_1_6_title_1_kin?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1373758613&sr=1-6
Some writers listen to music while writing books. I can’t really do that because it’s too distracting for me, and when I get into my “flow” writing a chapter, I can’t really hear anything outside my head anyways. But I do have an iPod and I have a favorites playlist
In 1727, Benjamin Franklin established the first Junto club for the purpose of getting people together to discuss morals, politics, philosophy, and business. They liked to swap books and share ideas. So, in the spirit of the Junto and with a respectful nod to Laura who e-mailed me with the
I’d like to give credit to my wife for coming up with the idea for this one. She made a comment recently after reading another batch of reviews that there are subtle themes that tend to repeat in the reactions of my readers. Some love the elements of faith and
I recently saw a tweet by Kate Danley, one of my colleagues at 47North, author of The Woodcutter. It went like this: “Except for the soul crushing self doubt, being a writer is grand!” That spoke to me because all authors experience that insidious soul-crushing force. I have followed several
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