last month i was in oklahoma city and I visited the art museum there, and afterward I sat in a nearby coffee shop and wrote a story that I imagined while looking at the art exhibit. that story was recently published and you can read it here. if you haven't noticed I am very influenced …
Best writing year yet?
Today I have had yet another story accepted for publication, that brings the total to 7 this year. To put that in perspective, before this year, the total number of stories that I'd ever had published was 10. What happened? Why this sudden streak? Well, one major key is I'm sending out many more stories, …
A clear idea of right and wrong
I've been listening to Resurrection by Leo Tolstoy, my first Tolstoy, and am enjoying the lack of moral relativism. It's somehow refreshing to have a narrator with a clear opinion of what is evil and what is good, and a character who also knows this and is trying to be good. All the shades of …
Scent in writing
I'm reading Perfume: The story of a murderer, by Patrick Suskind, and am impressed with the amount of detail he's put into describing smells. It is an underused sense, in writing, and maybe that is part of why it seems so amazing, but I'm really being drawn into the strange way this character perceives the …
Submitted…. try not to think about it
I sent The Observer on it's first journey to an agency. They give a 12 week window for response. So, now to try not to think about it for the next months... Rejections are easier and easier to deal with, it's the waiting that is hard. Because the longer they take, the more hopeful you …
Jonas David 