Over the past few months, while I’ve been working on my novels, for the Florida Springs Trilogy, I’ve had many questions. Along the way, I pondered what makes a good path for excellent writing, and how to use my word processing program to help me along that path. I offer three of my musing for your delectation. What trigger can alert me that I’m writing myself into a … [Read more...]
My Bad Book Review
Last week I was appalled when I read what I considered a bad review of one of my books. My first thought was, that’s it, I’m done, no more novels for me. But my love of writing immediately took over, and I decided to get whatever I could out of it. First, I reviewed the review, and realized it wasn’t a review as much as it was an editorial report or critique. That probably … [Read more...]
Naming Names
We have an endless number of choices in naming our characters and their animals. I have recently named a cow Brunhilda. I’ve always got a kick out of that name, and not long ago when we stayed in a convent/motel in Rome we met a nun by that name. It was a German convent. Anyhow, Bill and I always enjoy different names. Remember Festus Strunk form, “Gunsmoke?” I like … [Read more...]
My Inner Perfectionist
Nowadays we have so many right ways to do things that I usually choose the easiest way and move on. Recently, however, that policy has broken down. I’m going to have to let little Miss Priss Perfectionist out in order to save my writing career. I have good Beta readers. They told me I needed to spruce up my punctuation. I resisted, but then I thought: why should I … [Read more...]
