Killing My Darlings

Kill Your Darlings. It's a line often quoted by authors who must ruthlessly chop out characters in the name of story. This is an almost poem I wrote on the subject for the StoryBlog in May, 2013. There was a FOURTH bear. But he got cut from the story. Image by Arthur Rackham, now in the public domain. Oh...

Rain or Shine: designing setting

I'm slowly archiving posts I wrote for other blogs. Here is a blog post I wrote for the now defunct StoryBlog in April 2013. If you were to check out the cover of my new book, SHINE: … or watch the book trailer - You would quickly realize that there is a weather vibe going on. Specifically:...