January 10, 2024

The Power of Words Sometimes, even the smallest piece of advice can have a dynamic impact on other writers, especially where it concerns our own experiences with writing content, both fiction and nonfiction. Some of my own”Trojan horse” secrets may unwittingly be conveyed in my stories, posts, articles, and testimonials, and often reveal ideas, or…

November 30, 2023

During the course of developing an idea for a story, both novel and short, I am always challenged by the time element. How much of it to devote to any one story is the problem. Writing incurs deficits, whether they be in one’s personal life, one’s private life, or even in one’s public and professional…

November 13, 2023

During those distant years in the past, when I was attending college, both at St. Petersburg Jr. College (now known as St. Petersburg College),  and at University of South Florida, Tampa campus, I was told many times, by many individuals who had read my work, how good my writing was, how entertaining and descriptive it…

November 6, 2023

Get Your Style On! Style! Anytime style is the subject of discussion in writing groups, inevitably the question arises: whose style do you emulate? The answer can be tricky, since most writers read hundreds of books, by hundreds of authors, and somewhere in the mix, their individual style starts emerging. My own style usually hovers…