I write mystery/suspense (*ahem Made Safe out Fall 2016 from Pandamoon Publishing) fiction and I am always on the lookout for interesting new angles and ideas for my writing. Here is a short list of podcasts
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Write On: Hemmed In! I talk Ernest Hemingway with Sarah K. Stephens
This is the second post in my collaboration with Sarah K. Stephens that we are calling Write On. It is a deep dive into some topics that interest us. Here is one of the questions I answered on Hemingway. 5. For all of our readers …
Read MoreWrite On: Sharp Objects and Self-Injury (NSSI)
A few weeks back Sarah K. Stephens and I decided to collaborate on a project we are calling Write On. Sarah is a developmental psychologist with a Ph.D. from Penn State University. I think Sarah describes the intent of the project best: Today my friend and Pandamoon …
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Explain to me why Darth Vader is targeting my kids
I feel like I missed something. I am a fairly recent father. My son is two years old and my daughter is four months. When did Darth Vader become a children’s teddy bear? Why not an actual teddy bear like creature like Wicket the Ewok? …
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Kevin Smith Got Me Writing – Part 2
The meat. The goods. Why did Kevin Smith get my writing? In Part 1 of this post I tried to explain how a creative person was crushed by the system that he’d been a part of for twenty years. He made all the movies and …
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Kevin Smith Got Me Writing – Part 1
I am representative of GenrerationX. We aren’t the darling of the media anymore like the Millenials are or a dominant group like the Boomers but we have our own unique ‘damn the man’ attitude that has produced some excellent art over the last twenty years. …
Read MoreShort Story ‘Twenty Steps’ to be Published in BardsandSages.com Great Tome Anthology Series
My short story “Twenty Steps” will be published by BardsandSages.com as a part of their Great Tome series. I couldn’t be happier with the name of this particular volume: Publication date is set for June 2016. I am truly honored to be a part of this …
Read MoreThe Whole Story of How Made Safe Found a Publisher
Here is the full story of Made Safe’s publishing journey. So far… Listen, folks, if you don’t have some guts you won’t get published. I found that out early on. Around five or so years ago I made a conscious decision to stop thinking about …
Read MoreInterview with Des Moines Writer’s Workshop founder Beth Burgmeyer
Beth Burgmeyer writes upmarket and women’s fiction. She loves to write about real life, about characters who are struggling with serious, life changing issues. Beth has several completed manuscripts and is starting the process of querying literary agents. Several of her manuscripts have finaled and placed in …
Read MoreDes Moines Writer’s Workshop Post
I am guest blogging over at Des Moines Writer’s Workshop. I wanted to write about what a great help they are to my writing. Go check it out!
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