Writing

Advice for Writers
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January 5, 2016
When I started Serpent’s Smile with the “one chapter per week” goal, my writing process included a rewrite and an edit before each post.
Critique Group
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December 8, 2015
In the Facebook search bar, try “YourCity writers workshop”, substituting nearby city/area names.
The Martian by Andy Weir, his first novel and soon to be a movie (click for trailer), was originally published on the author’s personal website without charge.
Writing from the heart occurs in two distinct phases: spew, and then clean it up.
In a blog, that process means there were several premature publications of that article and, depending on when someone looked, they would see different versions with different thoughts and, sometimes, different conclusions.
Wise Blood
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February 13, 2015
Last night, I watched “Wise Blood” (1979 film production) as derived from the Flannery O’Conner novel of the same name.
My Neighborhood
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January 14, 2015
Picardy Place, later Picardy Street, is shaped like the letter “T” but laying down.
You cock it with the handle and then “fire” a single chuff of air.

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