Naming our characters (or, sometimes, not naming our characters) is a big piece of the literary puzzle for many writers. This is the...

Over the next few days (with a break for the Thanksgiving holiday, naturally) I’ve asked some of my favorite writer friends to help out...

One of my Bradenton-Sarasota writer friends, Juli C. Hilliard, recently wrote an article about individuals who want to leave a “Legacy of...

[youtube=http://youtu.be/Shf1pCUVACc] I was asked to be a contributing author to a new anthology, Letters to Me – Conversations With a...

As I mentioned last week, today is the official launch day of a new book, Letters to Me: Conversations With a Younger Self. About...

Don’t get me wrong: I think reading, responding, and critiquing the work of others is important. It was important to me as an...

Another month is gone, and another batch of books made the migration from the “to be read” shelf to the “been there, done that” shelf....

CRAZY! That’s a great way to describe my writing life the last few months. Here’s what I’ve been working on: Trying to finish a draft of...

Those of you who have been regular, engaged readers of “Stories I Read, Stories I Tell” probably have felt a nagging absence over the...

Here is the run-down of my reading list for September: The End of the Affair, by Graham Greene – Greene’s masterpiece is both hauntingly...

It’s been a quiet week, creatively. Starting the middle of last week, I began to battle some serious sleep loss. The first few days, I...

I carry a little Molskine notebook around with me, most of the time. I jot down phrases, story ideas, random thoughts, and even the...

Part 5: Fear of BIG SCARY TOPICS First I’d like to thank Eric for hosting this post today. This is such a big fear for me, that I...

I received a link in my email this weekend, with the following video featured, and the brief intro: “It’s not what you say, but how you...

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There is still a little time…in case you missed it (or, you’ve been “meaning to” enter, but haven’t yet) I posted an interview on Friday...

Just a quick note to remind you, dear readers, that I’m GIVING AWAY A FREE BOOK! In case you missed it, I announced yesterday, as part of...

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Just a quick note today to tell you that if you head over to my friend and fellow-Floridian Marni Mann’s blog, you’ll see info on how you...