Archives for January, 2017
Sex in Fiction: Less Is Usually More
Sex In Fiction: Less is Usually More
In my early years of writing fiction, much of my storytelling included crafting sex scenes, sometimes more than the story required or could handle. Writers pick topics to explore on the page for lots ...
Ray Bradbury Speaks From Beyond
Ray Bradbury Speaks From Beyond
Ray Bradbury Speaks From Beyond. My thanks to author Matthew Pallamary and Screenwriting.com for posting this reminder. As 2015 comes to a close, these words were spoken often by Ray Bradbury, an American literary treasure who walked ...
Conscious Uncoupling Crazy? Not To Me
Conscious Uncoupling Crazy? Not To Me Now that Gwenyth and her Cold Play hubby have confirmed what's been buzzing around for some time, the response to their statement of separation did not cause the reaction in me that it caused ...
Road To ‘Forty Years Stoned: a journalist’s romance’ Publication
Road To 'Forty Years Stoned: a journalist's romance' Publication
Forty Years Stoned: a journalist's romance
This blog will grow as Tom Huth's platform does. With time and entries, I hope it will offer a roadmap for writers unable to envision their own ...
40 Minute FREE Query Letter Workshop!
Query Letters: I have written many query letters. For many years, most of my query letters were rejected. I kept pitching until my query letters began garnering attention. My rejections turned sweeter- 'Good idea but this isn't for me' kind of ...
Stephen Chbosky: Birthing A Book
Stephen Chbosky: Birthing A Book
In this video snippet (slightly shaky, sorry) Stephen Chbosky talks about birthing the Perks of Being A Wallflower. To entrepreneurial authors out here, please note how long it took this master craftsman to give birth to ...
Literary Salon: Learning Prose from Pro, Suzanne Redfearn
Literary Salon: Learning Prose from the Pros--episode one
Literary thriller author Suzanne Redfearn's willingness to be my first guest is more appreciated than she can know. Though I've spent a few decades interviewing folks, launching a new gig is always nerve racking-at ...
Author Mavis Gallant & Birthing Fiction
Literary Salon: Learning Proses from Pros
The beauty of literature is that we can enjoy the author's prose long after they've passed.
Noted author Mavis Gallant passed over recently. In this interview she discusses her process of birthing fiction. Though this may ...
Pitch Witch Writers Workshop
Pitch Witch Writers Workshop
Screenwriters call it the 'elevator pitch' - no matter the name, the goal is the same: Should you meet a publishing professional in an elevator who you know is one of the pros you want to pitch ...
David Brin on Writing
David Brin on Writing
Your 1st Novel Should Be A Murder Mystery
David Brin keynotes @SCWC
I'm not a science fiction reader but I love Ray Bradbury and so does noted science fiction novelist David Brin. Bradbury was his hero like he has ...