The Power of Research

A vital, fundamental part of all writing is research. Incorrect details can’t yank the reader out of an otherwise good story.

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This Blog’s Header

The photo atop the blog (and below, in case I change the blog’s photo) was taken by me. Its purpose is to promote the novel (Shifting Mars’ Sands) that I’m currently reviewing with a writers’ group. With any luck, in the spring, I’ll start a quest to find an agent. It shows the first page … Read more

Two Birds with One Stone, Part 2

… or when I read “Two Birds with One Stone” at the writers’ group. In this earlier blog post, I posted my story, Two Birds with One Stone, that wrote for a writers’ prompt for the Round Hill Writers’ Group.  If you haven’t read it, please read it now; you’ll understand the rest of this … Read more