I wrote a post not long ago about how the realities of the pandemic reminded me somewhat of the tales I’d written about people surviving a pandemic world. Yet, how they also differed in people’s reactions. As the Facebook meme suggested, “It turns out the expression, ‘Avoid it like the plague’ is wrong, because people […]
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Since I’ve returned to doing more journalism, it got me thinking more about the difference between what journalists do and what fiction writers do. While there is a lot of overlap, and sometimes both are considered telling stories, there’s really a difference. The journalist usually tells someone else’s story, whereas the fiction writer is creating
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I’ve never really thought of myself as a hoarder, but as I look through my files, I feel like maybe I am. What am I hoarding? Story ideas, for sure. Most authors have more ideas than they actually write. About a year ago, maybe even two years now, I’d seen several popular authors mention that
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Like so many people, I saw the movie Black Panther and loved it. One of my favorite parts of the movie was the use of W’Kabi’s horn. W’Kabi is the character played by Daniel Kaluuye, and anyone who’s seen the movie understands how awesome this character’s horn turned out to be. I thought I’d take
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Last weekend, I attended the Smithsonian’s Folklife Festival, which focused on the ways of the people in circuses. It was very cool and I learned a lot. One of the cool things was they set up a big top circus tent and had hour-long circus performances. The one that we saw was excellent. As I
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Just a quick shout out to all of you who take time to write reviews of my books. I really adore you for sharing your thoughts. It really helps an author when someone says great things about their book. I’ve been sharing reviews on my Facebook page, just to give a shout out to those
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