Now that I have my short story collection in the can, I’m turning my attention to the first of my Spadena Street mysteries, BAR SINISTER. I wrote it as a short story, then expanded it one November into 60,000 words. Last year, I put each…
Tag: plotting
I mentioned yesterday that I introduced a set of characters in a story for MARION ZIMMER BRADLEY’S SWORD AND SORCERESS 23. That got me thinking about where that first Pimchan story came from. Usually, that’s hard to answer, but this time I know exactly where…
Mom isn’t a writer, although she should be: she comes up with some great story ideas, and she knows all the good tricks. When I was little, Mom was divorced with sole custody of me, working two jobs, no alimony, only $20 a month in…