More and more I want to write something that has meaning, that has some positive effect on the way people think or act. Shouldn't our creations be more than pretty flashes of light? Shouldn't they say something from within our hearts? Speak something to the world? Don't sacrifice meaning for the sake of entertainment. Entertainment …
It’s happening again…
The book I'm listening to, Replay, is laying the groundwork to really piss me off. After living his life over several times, the protagonist, Jeff, sees a movie out in theaters that he's never heard of before. It is a huge blockbuster that he definitely would have heard of or seen before in his previous …
Can pantsers write mysteries?
I've always wanted to write a murder mystery. I'm a big fan of Columbo, Poirot, Jessica Fletcher and all the other sleuths. I've often felt the desire to create my own detective, but am held back by the perceived complexity of writing a mystery, and my own improvisational writing style. In other words, I feel …
How to avoid looking back?
I never used to look back, to wonder or care about how I could have done things differently. Maybe it's part of getting older, but I've started having those thoughts more often. I started listening to a new book recently, 'Replay', about a man who dies, and wakes up 25 years in the past, in …
Wild Seed by Octavia E. Butler
Once again Butler has given me an unexpected ending to what I thought was going to be an 'another one of those' story. As I've mention in previous posts, the story is about two immortal and powerful characters with opposing desires. With this format in most writers hands you'd expect that one character would be …
Jonas David 