“You must understand that when you are writing a novel you are not making anything up. It’s all there and you just have to find it.”             -Thomas Harris   Today’s writing...

Today’s epistle comes courtesy of a friend who asked me about a scene in his current work in progress (WIP). It’s an issue every writer I know, including yours truly, wrestles with on pretty much...

Imagine a man who calls my beloved tea ‘pigeon sweat.’ In one of many atrocious puns, he thinks ghosts ‘need to believe in themselves.’ And he says we should all act like goldfishes, because...

Captain William Bligh of His Majesty’s Armed Vessel Bounty.   Now, if you saw that on a business card (an anachronism in this instance, I know), and if you have any knowledge of history worth...

Captain William Bligh of His Majesty’s Armed Vessel Bounty.   Now, if you saw that on a business card (an anachronism in this instance, I know), and if you have any knowledge of history worth...