I am going to this workshop at the Kerouac House. Is anyone else going?

My muse came to visit today! It's been so long I hardly recognized her. She brought with her an idea I'd had years ago and today I started sketching out the first scenes. It's something kind of along the lines of "Fried Green Tomatoes", "Divine Secrets of the YaYa Sisterhood", "How to Make an America Quilt"... that arena. I love feeling inspired!

I'm interested in forming a critique/support group in Orlando to meet on a weekly basis either at Stardust on Winter Park Road or Barnes and Noble at Colonial & Bumby. I write short fiction and very short (flash) fiction so would be most interested in connecting with people who do the same, but if you are writing a book, maybe we could accommodate that, too.

Anyone interested? Please contact me privately or leave a message here with your availability, interests, and contact info.

Ah yes. It's time to sit down and deal with that next chapter. You are in the throes of serious writer's block and can't think of how to advance your story. How does one move the novel forward and into the hands of your agent and the buying-reading public?

A technique that has worked for me is this. You know how a writer is not supposed to 'tell' the story, but to let it reveal itself in action and in dialogue? That's the point where I get hung up most often. I'm bogged down in the details and… Continue

It has occurred to me of late that the reading experience is much more than simply the act of reading. For me,
the feel of the book in my hands, the smell of the pages, the size of the print, my frame of mind and the environment I am in at the time all come together to form the reading experience. I am certain that there are some very good books out there that I have not read because the ink stunk or it didn't lay open in my hands just right.

Or, the writer has done something off the wall that… Continue