Elmore Leonard’s rules of writing
Elmore Leonard posited some writing rules in the New York Times way back in July of 2001, when the towers still stood and waterboarding was presumed to be an odd…
A real life Martin?
If you are a fan of Something Missing, read this post by Greg Allen. I don’t know the man, but based on his view on rotating dishes, he could be…
Make it memorable
A couple of weeks ago, my friend gave birth to a baby daughter. A couple of hours after the delivery, my wife and I sent the happy couple a bouquet.…
Star Trek stinks
Sometimes I encounter a freak who claims that Star Trek is better than Star Wars. While there are many, many ways to refute this utterly ridiculous claim, I like to…
Commas from the gut
I have to say that the latest quote from AdviceToWriters is spot-on: The use of commas cannot be learned by rule. Not only does conventional practice vary from period to…
Johnny Depp, again, and again, and again
Did you hear about the upcoming film Alice in Wonderland? It stars Johnny Depp, reprising his role as Edward Scissorhands in an adaptation of Jack Sparrow’s Willy Wonka. Does this…
He’s not OCD. He’s just like me.
In discussing Something Missing with a book club last night, the subject of my protagonist's obsessive-compulsive disorder arose, as it tends to do. I was asked if Martin’s OCD was…
“Methought I heard a voice cry, ‘Sleep no more!”
A couple weeks ago I wrote about a dream in which I experienced my eminent death from a nuclear explosion. The dream was so realistic that I questioned if the…
Make your voice heard!
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Stand up for your food preferences
Okay, I know I’ve been harping on food preferences, poisonous broccoli, and even vegetable-based aliens in recent weeks, but here’s one more thought on food. This is actually something I…
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