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This Book was written by Alejandro Emmanuel Saba Hank Gaza II but You Can...

What makes a good pen name? Should you use a pen name? And more importantly, will using a pen name screw up your bank account when the money starts rolling in? The answer is…it all depends. Pen names...

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My Feelings….OMG…My Feeling…..

If you read the title of today’s blog and you didn’t feel totally stupid…you should have. Unless you are 2 years old and dad just ran over your favorite truck with the backhoe, you really have to let...

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Wait…No…Hey…You..Character…Go THAT Way

Writer’s Note: This is Friday’s Column. Sorry it’s late. I am the type of writer who allows their characters to do what comes naturally. You won’t find me being the control freak writer who needs to...

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Mam…Sir…Step Away…..From it All

There are days when I, as a writer, don’t do a whole lot of writing. I know I should. I really want to. But…I have a condition that won’t allow me to get anything done…it’s called technologicalitis....

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Six Steps to the Beginning of Your Story OR How to Get off Your Butt and Begin

Everything has to begin somewhere. This isn’t a new agey truth, but a basic fact…without a beginning…well…there really is nothing. It sounds deep but it really isn’t. What IS deep is when you consider...

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Laptop vs. Desktop vs. iPad – A Fight to the Death…OR at Least to the End of...

I have a dilemma. I have a desktop that I write on currently but I also have my iPad which I have done some writing on, but not a lot. I want a laptop although when my oldest son asks me why, I have no...

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The Lost Art of Handwriting

I keep a journal. I have kept journals for many, many years. In my opinion (and it is my humble opinion) a journal is a special and important part of the writer’s life and process. As writers we rarely...

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Do Not Disturb…I’m Killing Someone

I hate to be interrupted when I am killing folks. Nothing is more annoying than when, in the middle of offing someone, the kids come in and bug me. Seriously…don’t they realize how hard it is to kill...

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My Chance to be The Leading Man

There are some perks to being a writer. For instance, I can kill off people I don’t like or who slight me. I can live anywhere in the world and the plane ticket doesn’t cost me a cent. I can be an...

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Technology – How Can Something so Wonderful be so Frustrating?

I am a gadget person. What does that mean? Well, it means that my spouse hates it when something new comes out that makes noise or lights up. It means that my office is a cornucopia of toys that walk,...

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