Category Archives: Writing

Monty Python: Fiction Writing Covered LIVE!

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Authors say that writing fiction is a solitary, if not lonely, pursuit.
Monty Python album cover, Matching Tie & Handkerchief
But what if it wasn’t solitary? What if it were covered live as a news event?
How would it have gone with Thomas Hardy as he sat down to write “The Return of the Native”?
I can’t imagine, but Monty Python can.
Tip of the hat and tnx to Austin Kleon.

Hiatus, Defined

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A hiatus is:

  • a break or interruption in the continuity of a work, series, action, etc.
  • a missing part; gap or lacunaHiatus

September was a hiatus for this blog as I finished turning a novella (The Passenger) into a graphic novel for a comic book publisher who might be interested and I rewrote, for the fourth time, the first in a series of supernatural thrillers (Black Demon Orchid) and sent it off to a professional editor for her critique.

Truth be told, I don’t believe in writing a blog post without having something to say.

As we write in police procedurals, “Nothing to see here, folks. Move on.”

The Big Thrill for Thriller Fans

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Cover of The Big Thrill, September 2014

The Big Thrill, September 2014

One of the many advantages of attending ThrillerFest 2014 in July was learning about The Big Thrill, the free digital monthly zine from International Thriller Writers.

If you like to read thrillers or you like author interviews or you like inside looks at how it’s done by the best, you should sign up. It’s free.