Category Archives: Commentary

A Serious Word on Backups…

Posted on May 19, 2014 by

Making a backup isn’t always enough – take it from me: go the extra step and make sure a) you’ve backed up what you think you have and b) it actually worked. I’ve just come back from a ‘catastrophic’ failure … Continue reading →

Posted in Commentary, general, Hardware, Tips, Uncategorized, writing | Tagged | 1 Comment

Confessions of a Flash Fiction Addict

Posted on May 7, 2014 by

Flash fiction contests can do a lot for writers, but it should come with an addiction warning. We’re coming up on the anniversary of my first submission to FlashFriday, and my first honorable mention.   I went from writing sagas … Continue reading →

Posted in Commentary, Flash Fiction | Leave a comment

Editing – a few of my favorite mistakes

Posted on May 5, 2014 by

We all have those typos that live in infamy, those occasions where we edit but leave something behind… The following are a few of my favorites. As you may, or may not know, I’m working on editing the novel I … Continue reading →

Posted in Commentary, Editing, Humor, writing | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Call the tech guy!

Posted on May 4, 2014 by

Okay, it’s not as traditional as the dog ate my homework but… my desktop won’t boot and I can’t get to my most recent edits… I was going to edit this afternoon, I really was, but my desktop has decided … Continue reading →

Posted in Commentary, general, Humor | Leave a comment

Musings on the importance of the first line

Posted on April 28, 2014 by

A lot of people talk about having a hook, or if we are going for a fishing metaphor lure, that catches the reader’s attention long enough to hook them and draw them in… but there’s a lot more to it … Continue reading →

Posted in Commentary, Tips, writing | Leave a comment

Poetry Part 2: Is there poetry without rhythm?

Posted on April 26, 2014 by

The answer, in my not so humble opinion, is yes… and no. Rhythm is in everything we do.  It is the tick of the clock, the movement of the pendulum, the very beat of our hearts is rhythmic.  Rhythm can … Continue reading →

Posted in Commentary, general, Poetry, writing | Tagged | Leave a comment

Musing on voice, its advantages and disadvantages

Posted on April 24, 2014 by

The predictability of being unpredictable. As I’ve stated earlier, I’ve been writing for flash fiction contests for over a year now, and although almost all the judges judge ‘blind’ (they collect the stories without the author’s information) they almost always … Continue reading →

Posted in Commentary, general, writing | Tagged | Leave a comment