Category: Writing

  • Characters

    I’m gonna get in trouble for this post. Lots of writing blogs stress the importance of developing your characters – making them real. Personally I prefer mine (when reading or writing) to be good guys. Tough, Smart, Independent, Adventurous, Funny, Loyal, Good Hearted & Down to Earth. ‘Creating’ my characters has been a blast, but…

  • BAD LATITUDE – A Jack Rackham Adventure

    BAD LATITUDE – A Jack Rackham Adventure is finally up for sale. The book was published in November, but my Chicago trip & workload held up the official release. It’s finally for sale at http://www.booklocker.com under the fiction/adventure category. Here’s where it gets tough for me. Marketing. I honestly don’t like talking about myself –…

  • Creative Insults

    Thought I would post these – since I’m in a bit of a grumpy, soggy kind of mood during these rainy & windy days. These insults are from an era when cleverness with words was still valued, before a great portion of the English language got boiled down to 4-letter words. From David Spiselman The…

  • How Stuff Ends Up In A Story

    How does a nice B&B (Casa de Suenos) like this get turned into part of a story? It does in Chapter 17 of my first completed manuscript. The chapter deals with a romantic carriage ride enjoyed by soon to be 16-year-old Jack (the main character) & his girlfriend Talia during twilight in St Augustine. Deb…

  • Word Addiction

    I’m obsessed with words – written ones anyway. No matter where I go I have a book. At the first pause in whatever I’m doing, especially when I’m waiting for something or someone – I read. This gets expensive since I consume 2 or 3 books per week, on average. At night it’s a review…

  • The Storyteller

    My youngest son was born a few weeks before my grandfather passed away. My grandson Jack was born a few weeks before my dad passed away. Strange how history repeats. I hope my grandson waits a loooonnnnggg time to have kids. So here I am – JaxPop posting something about ‘Dave’s Pop’. (Dave would be…

  • BEARley Motivated

    It’s been a almost 2 weeks since I sat down & really did any writing. Hopefully that will change tonight. Seems like there’s always something else to do or I just procrastinate & never get going. This weekend – we enjoyed the beach on Saturday – it was a perfect day – & yesterday just…