Whenever I finish a story, a full Wagnerian orchestra breaks into music and I ride onstage on a big white horse wearing a helmet with wings on it (I’m wearing a helmet, I mean, not the horse) and I sing, “I finished a story! Finished…
Category: Writing
I’m thinking of putting together a couple more collections of my short stories. Like LONNIE, ME AND THE HOUND OF HELL and THE KING OF CHEROKEE CREEK, they would include some previously published stories and some new ones. The following excerpt is from “Brave Andrew…
The Action Ramp – Bane of new writers Adventure, Sci Fi, Fantasy, all feature one plot device that literary works can sometimes skip: the need to progressively increase the action levels throughout the work. The ability to properly build tension and excitement over the course…