Swift, bloody, violent — and completely unmoving.
(SPOILER ALERT: If you’ve never seen PSYCHO, this may ruin some of the surprises for you.) Something that I love about the internet is the democratization of music, video, and writing. Anyone can...
View ArticleFrom Insects to Eggs: Honoring a Creator’s Secondary Characters
Recently, I saw a list of the “best endings” when it came to movies/books. And being that it’s Saturday and a day of fun, I want to go one further and speak about the best “uses” of various items in...
View ArticleAVROC
We were young and brave, weary of the win-proof war that divided our nation and lingered on, refusing to quit. From the middle of the middle of a generation, we were culled from a socialization of boys...
View ArticleDo Not Let the Little “Mark” Win
I had to put pen to paper (fingers to keyboard) this time around for a very specific purpose. This is something for both writer and editor that literally can cause arguments, which it should not be...
View ArticleLetting go of blocks to success
What keeps you from gaining the kind of success you want? Writer, musician, artist—if you’ve reached midlife or beyond and are not where you would like to be, it’s a safe bet that something is blocking...
View ArticleSharknado 4: Punctuation Attack
I’ve spoken about the killer comma (that wee thing created to drive both writer and editor crazy). I’ve even noticed some writers have gotten so mad at the darn thing that they have now turned to the...
View ArticleThe Road to 2015
In October 1930 Edmond Hamilton, the legendary fabulist of science fiction’s pulp age, published “The Man Who Saw the Future” in Amazing Stories magazine. Hamilton’s title always stuck with me . . ....
View ArticleThe Writing Life: FAQs
I get a kick out of talking with interested readers and aspiring writers, and the past few weeks have been jam-packed with presentations at various events: a book festival, a crime writers’...
View ArticleWhat does The Donald’s Handwriting reveal?
By Sheila Lowe, MS, CG The Trump phenomenon has blossomed into a weird, wacky reality TV show, taking many of us by surprise. Who knew there were so many angry white folks looking for a leader in their...
View ArticleTravel on the Horizon
If you love to travel and love to write, you can simply weave together these two urges to create the ideal occupation, right? It makes perfect sense… or so I thought when I first landed in Thailand. My...
View ArticleBook Clubs: Love ’em or Hate ’em?
Sometimes I finish a book aching to talk about it. You know what I mean: The story has burrowed under your skin, the ideas keep ticking in your head, and you just can’t let it go. At times like these,...
View ArticleWading into the Debate
It’s controversial, and some of you are going to be mad, but at the risk of offending sensibilities I feel compelled to take a stand on that age-old debate: dogs or cats? Now, I love them both—don’t...
View ArticleDefeating the Pink Gremlin
At a recent writers’ retreat, we were challenged to identify our “pink gremlins,” meaning those private obstacles to achieving our writing goals. Each person wrote silently for 20 minutes and then...
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