I spent today planning on paper what I’m going to do with my blog. I have been absent from it for several weeks, so I want to remedy that by posting more often. The first thing I did was bring back an old page to the My Writing section in the Menu. It’s called “Ravenwood”Continue reading Bringing Back Ravenwood
Coming Attractions
August is ending. Summer is almost over, which means it is time for me to return to my writing and art. And with that, it is time to break those long periods of silence here. Before I took large portions of the summer off to collect my wits and to catch up on the partsContinue reading Coming Attractions
Book News, April 2019
Plans continue to rewrite and retool my ebooks at Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing. I published my first book there in January 2013. Although my main character was a boy named Lenny Stevens, it introduced Vree Erickson and started the ball rolling for her to take center stage in many of the stories that followed. IContinue reading Book News, April 2019
Future Plans Update
I am planning to write a new book. It will feature a LOST AND FOUND story involving time travel. Time Travel to the Past: British physicist Stephen Hawking held a party for time travelers in 2009. No guests showed up — he sent out the invites a year later. Some time travel theorists argue that the guests—perhapsContinue reading Future Plans Update
Embarking On Vree’s New Journey
I am preparing to write stories about Vree Erickson and her friend Lenny Stevens again. Lenny is a character I created 48 years ago, named Liam Burkhart then. Vree soon followed. The above statement makes it seem like I have written for a long time. I have not. I spent most of that time paintingContinue reading Embarking On Vree’s New Journey
News From the Future
While we eagerly anticipate traveling from New York to Paris in a matter of seconds, work continues on both travel centers. Although the Paris building is near completion, the outer walls of The New York Instant Travel Center are now in place, allowing work to continue on the interior. Crews from more than a dozenContinue reading News From the Future
Recap and What’s Ahead
2018 is a year of do-overs for my Ridgewood characters and their stories. Forget everything about them. Forget all of it. This is the year that began with a blank slate—a book of blank paper where anything is possible. Like many writers, there are times when I dread starting the blank paper because, well, ifContinue reading Recap and What’s Ahead
Merging Similar Characters
Changes, Part 6 During a break from writing, I continue discussing the changes I have made to my Ridgewood characters. Sometimes it is necessary for authors to reduce the number of characters entering and exiting their story’s scenes. This is a good time to look for characters with similar personalities. If two characters have similarContinue reading Merging Similar Characters
