Return to Earth
The first news from the surface: cold-blooded calculations of hot-blooded suffering.
Category: Writing
- Fiction that rises up to my pen
- Poems the few that occur to me
- Books that I’ve been reading
- Writing Craft
BR How to Tell a Story
This book assumed that a book-length product, novel or non-fictional narrative was the end goal. Although I am most interested in short stories, most of the discussion was easily applicable to my goal.
Best American Essays
I can enjoy these essays as well as study the structure the authors used to achieve their effects.
Valley of the Boom
National Geographic has a series on the internet browser wars of the mid to late 1990s. I was in commercial software development and remember when I first learned about the internet in 1990. Watching Valley…
Short Story Craft
Writing craft elements that I learned through practicing these last 10 years. Wanting to arrange in my mind, that means writing them.
Wordsmithing and Perspective
Hearing a single wordsmith perspective again and again ... the person may stop noting the image of a backwoodman, only see an antisocial vagrant.
Short Stories Surprise
Short stories can illuminate psychological truths without the effort to the writer or the reader of a full-length novel.