Blog Posts

  • On Coyness

    On Coyness

    One of the easiest traps a fiction writer can fall into and how to avoid it.

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  • On Dialogue

    On Dialogue

    Writing dialogue used to stress me out so much I took to turning off my screen and just white knuckling it through a scene. Then, I’d turn the screen back on, see what I had, and locate a line or two that seemed to flow from a given character. Then I’d revise around that. Really,…

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  • Writing is Hard

    Writing is Hard

    I’ve been working on my novel for about twelve years. And much of it felt like trying to dig myself out of prison with a plastic spoon.

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  • Visiting Writer

    Visiting Writer

    I’m please to announce that I’ve recently accepted a position of Visiting Writer at The University of South Alabama

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