Undiscovered Brilliance, Cont`d…
Second up on my list of Undiscovered Brilliance is an American author named Richard Daybell (who doesn’t actually fit into this category since he’s been published many times over). You find him here because, known or not, he’s one of my new favourites. And I’ll tell you why: I have four ‘All time favourite authors: [...]
The Unpublished Masses? Or Undiscovered Brilliance?
As a member of five or six sites tailored to writers and their wares, I’ve come to a very unsettling conclusion. There are obviously many factors that would need to come into play for an unpublished author to become a published author. I’ve seen many fellow writers fail with fantastic books. Books that I’d buy [...]
A little taste of Dropcloth love
Trailer for Dropcloth Angels
THEME: The least talked about ingredient of a story
Theme is the main idea or underlying meaning of a literary work. A theme may be stated or implied. It differs from the subject or topic of a literary work in that it involves a statement or opinion about the topic. Not every story has a theme, and/or themes may be major or minor. A [...]
Busy, busy, busy
swilling coffee, writing a little Shakespeare, and playing the numbers game over at Authonomy.
Punctuation: yeah, apparently there are different ways to do it
With all there is for great literary minds to ponder–a beautifully scripted fourth century rendering of some forgotten Germanic lore, the hidden meanings within any Quentin Tarrantino vehicle, or how to reproduce the entire Old Testament on the head of a pin–why, oh why do they have to piss around with how a writer punctuates [...]
On Taking Advice
Everyone knows that assholes are like opinions, but you can only flush the product of one of them. The other–that ripe, stinky opinion–sticks to you like…well, you know. Only you know what direction your story is headed, so only you can decide how to build it. If you allow others too much freedom to tell [...]
The Dumbest Advice Ever
Write what you know. “Creative writing teachers should be purged until every last instructor who has uttered the words “Write what you know” is confined to a labor camp. Please, talented scribblers, write what you don’t. The blind guy with the funny little harp who composed The Iliad , how much combat do you think [...]
A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To 3000 Words…
Whoever said that writing a short story was easier than writing a novel length manuscript can kiss my patootie. And I’ll tell you why: Recently, a friend said to me, “Gerry, you should put a short story or two up on your site in the off chance an agent or publisher is interested and wants [...]