As I see my Star Magnolia flowers come and go, I’m reminded again of the passage of time. So, in thinking of all the writing I still want to do,…
A Writer’s Passion
CIPHER
My 15 yr. old grandson, Michael Stevantoni, finished CIPHER, an 18 min. film he directed last summer. It’s been a labor of love. He and I co-wrote an adaptation of…
The Promise of Rainbows
Yesterday, I spotted this double rainbow. It just came out of nowhere. There’s something about that old story, the one about the pot of gold at the end of a…
To market, to market
My latest Writer’s Digest magazine steered me to Agent Jenny Bent\’s blog where I found the post she’d written on the state of the writers’ marketplace. She shared her views…
Writing Groups
Last night, I was reminded of how wonderful it its to be in a writing group like River Writers . We’ve been meeting regularly now for several years to critique…
Nature’s Lessons
I continue to be amazed every spring when new growth appears in the garden. All that was dormant awakens and begins again, stronger and larger in many cases. It’s that…
Breaking the rules
Like any other professional, a writer never stops honing his craft. There are so many “dos” and “don’ts” in articles on how to write, that if an author tried to…