It’s in my nature to play a kind of political word association game that leads me to various story ideas. Instead of “Cat:Dog” it’s “Factory:Strike”, “Middle East:War”, “Politician:Liar”. When it came to the prologue for the Yin and Yang Books it was “Airport:War on Terror.” This is how my story was born. The character emerged [...]
Her name is Quiche. Wanna make something of it? It’s not a name I thought would stick or one that would need defending but my protagonist’s name is Quiche. After reading one of Annie’s segments in the Write Anything website a grain of her wisdom lodged in my mind. She had been talking about genre [...]
My story came together through coincidence. My wife works for a plastic surgery department and was stunned when a visiting patient removed half her face. The patient had been ravaged by cancer and the mask created for her fitted over the recess left and was attached by magnets. On being told the story my first [...]
I usually do absolutely no pre-planning when I write. This fact is well-known among friends and enemies alike so if you don’t believe me, ask any of them. It doesn’t matter what kind of writing it is – fiction, non-fiction, poetry, music, performance reviews—there is no planning to be done! If you read my thoughts [...]
Okay folks we have some great stories this week and they look like this: “You Decide” by Benjamin Solah I had less than 24 hours to decide. Oh why was it so hard for me to choose? I always left it for other people to sway me. They all sounded so passionate, I thought they [...]
In what was a change of pace for me, I came up with the title “Providence” before I had the slightest clue as to the plot or the characters. The stories before mine in the Yin and Yang books had a certain feel to them. There was intrigue, action, and high drama—but, at least in [...]
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