Writing

When you walk into a room, you inhale memories. Some places harbor distinctive scents. Coffee houses. Libraries. Hospitals. Some scents linger in memories of times past. Jasmine and juniper with sensuous nights. Lilies and carnations with funerals. Popcorn and peanuts with circus clowns. Odors go directly from nose to brain. In fact, they go to … Read more

This cross-posts a blog from my author site.

I am certain I know how to write a novel.  In fact, I know how to write five novels, the ones on my publication list.  After all, I wrote them and got them published, so, ipso facto, I know how to write them because I did it. What I don’t know is how to write … Read more

I recently read an excellent opening chapter of a thriller.  One thing about the chapter got me to thinking, though.  The author wanted to keep the gender of their spy secret, so what pronoun should they use? They tried things like, “The spy adjusted its parachute as it glided toward the target,” but I found … Read more