One of my most useful writing tools is the lucid dream. It’s a halfway state between wakefulness and random dreaming, where I can set the stage, place the characters in motion, and even stop and rewind the action. It’s great for working through scenes and seeing how the characters will act, all before touching the… Continue reading Dreams, Lucid and Otherwise
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The Memories Come First
Writing fiction, like I do, is process of revelation. We’ve all heard it asked, either as writers ourselves, or listening to the fans approach the Famous Author, “Where do you get your ideas?” There’s rarely a good answer to that, because ideas are everywhere, there for writers and non-writers to pluck out of the air… Continue reading The Memories Come First
Why I Wrote “Emperor Dad”
My life changed. Taking a risk, I had accepted an early retirement offer from the company where I had worked for twenty-some years. The company had changed, and my children were grown. The numbers seemed reasonable. I could quit writing database code that seemed increasingly irrelevant to me, and I feared, to the company. So… Continue reading Why I Wrote “Emperor Dad”