When I was in the 5th grade, I won the spelling bee at my elementary school. It was an exciting time because not only did I go on to the spelling bee for the city but I also got my picture in the local newspaper. For a 10-year-old girl in the 80s, it felt like...
“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” Ferris Bueller Ferris Bueller knew how to live life to the fullest. Whether he sang Danke Schoen on a float, dined as the Sausage King of Chicago, or ripped through the city streets in a 1961...
Few writers have the name recognition of Stephen King. Millions upon millions of people have read his books. So when you hear how much he hated the Stanley Kubrick movie adaptation of The Shining (1980), you have to wonder why he would hold a grudge. The Shining from Book to Screen The Shining was iconic...
Have you ever been told you look like someone else? Odds are it has happened to you at least once. It doesn’t mean you have a “twin” per se, but it is interesting that you would resemble another person at all, especially if you aren’t related. Think about all the different shapes, features, and mannerisms...
I may be crossing a line when I say this, especially as a writer, but I don’t like coffee. I really don’t. Unless it is mixed with heaping amounts of sugar and served up as ice cream, I never cared for the taste. It is too pungent and, dare I say, bitter. Maybe that bitterness is...
If are a writer, odds are you have a novel in the drawer (or buried deep in your computer drive). It would be surprising if you didn’t. The Novel in the Drawer You might put a novel in the drawer for any number of reasons. Maybe you never finished your manuscript. You ran out of...
Every new writer wants to know the secrets to publishing success, as if there is some magic formula that will guarantee a six-figure contract and best-seller status. There isn’t. Any established writer, however, knows two things to be true. Your goal needs to be on finishing that manuscript. To that end, it can sometimes be...
Every new writer, or even established author, wants to know the “best” way to write a best-selling novel. Even Game of Thrones author George RR Martin asked horror junkie Stephen King, “How the f*** do you write so fast? I have a good six months and crank out three chapters, meanwhile, you wrote three books...
Don’t let what you do stop you from doing what you love. That may sound a bit trite, even cliche, but the sad truth is most of us don’t spend our days doing what we love. We spend our days just getting by. What Do You Do? As much as we want to do the...
