Sometime last week, I had a conversation with someone who wanted to know how to get into writing and how to choose a genre. I asked her what kind of books she likes to read. She responded, “I don’t really like reading.” I was a little stumped. We discussed for a few more minutes and she decided she was into …
I like reading books about writing but not too many. I don’t want to start getting bogged down in processes and advice and ignoring my writing instincts. I try to keep books about writing to no more than 3 a year so when I first found out about Stephen King’s On Writing, I knew that was definitely going on my …
Read MoreBook Review – On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King
When I was a kid, I was a voracious reader. I read enormous amounts of books every week. I would show up at the library on Monday to borrow 12 books and return the next Monday to exchange them for new books. It didn’t matter how large the books were. I finished them all within a week. The library staff …
I have been writing non-fiction under a different pen name for quite some time but sometime in 2015, I decided to return to fiction writing, which is my first love. I eased myself into it by writing a collection of short stories about courtships, relationships and almost weddings. I self-published the first story in the collection, The Underwear Defense and …