Defining the Story of a Life

I’m used to defining the story of a life.  Not with each character I create, but with each book.  There’s one main character; the entire book becomes a kind of exoskeleton for the character within.  The other characters are reactions, motifs, variations, opinions–all of them filtered and refiltered through the main character’s perspective.  If I […]

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Mental blocks that try to look like busyness…

Having a busy, hyperactive mind often shows up in my journaling as a hint that there’s something big on my mind behind all the rest of the stuff.  When I can’t finish a sentence–when I not only can’t finish a sentence but have to start midway through the next sentence–when I’m writing so quickly that

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Interview with Rebecca Senese at Blackbird Publishing…

  I have a new interview up at Blackbird Publishing, in support of the Haunted story bundle.  I interview Rebecca Senese, author of “The Haunting of Melsbury Manor,” a twisty tale of family and ghosts that I really liked.  You can find links to the bundle here.  

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Review and Interview Up: Jeremy Hepler’s THE BOULEVARD MONSTER

I did a review and interview of Jeremy Hepler for his horror-thriller novel, The Boulevard Monster, for Ginger Nuts of Horror.  I liked and recommend it if that’s your thing. Review Interview I KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE HEARD ABOUT ME You say that I am a madman. You say that I am dangerous. You say that I

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