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I’ve been thinking a lot about werewolf lore and where it comes from. My husband and I watched the 1941 movie The Wolf Man recently. What a cast! Not only Lon Chaney, but also Bela Lugosi and Claude […]
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It takes more than biographies to make characters come to life Writer’s block, that mythical phantom, plagues all writers at some point. Among the many reasons you might be facing a brick wall, one is not knowing a […]
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On writing community and demonic compulsion What does it take to write a novel? In 13 Ways of Looking at the Novel, Jane Smiley says that the desire to write a novel is the only prerequisite needed to […]
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This week, an old dog learned new tricks and stretched her mind. I made an Instagram video. From scratch. Stretching your mind is supposed to keep your brain sharp, adaptable, and young. New experiences and challenges promote neuroplasticity—what […]
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The cover art for the three books in the Club and Fang trilogy show different aspects of the werewolves that feature prominently in the books. As the third book in the trilogy came together, I’d need a cover. […]
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Mongrels by Stephen Graham Jones is not your typical werewolf book. Werewolves have been twisted, molded, and (in my opinion) maligned in popular fiction and movies. Vampires have archetypal antecedents to draw on—Bram Stoker’s Dracula and Nosferatu, for […]
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My only writing this week was to rewrite the ending to a short story that I’ve been working on for… I don’t know how long. It’s been kicking around for at least ten years. I keep coming back […]
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The struggle for justice through love and forgiveness in a harsh land Thorns of Mesquite by Patricia Lee Lewis is a novel that paints the world of West Texas in the 1930s vividly using sights, smells, and sounds […]
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How is time organized in a novel? We were discussing the organizing principle(s) for a novel recently in one of my writing groups. Today I thought about a few books that I read recently and how they were […]
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When Valentine’s Day comes around, I think about Ophelia’s madness and a particular song she sings in Act 4, Scene 5 of Hamlet. At a surface level, the song is Ophelia’s sly, defiant blast at Hamlet’s rejection. Most […]
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