If there was a short video made about this, it would be set to rousing music, like this, and it would show things like me stepping off a train at Marylebone [...]

As time edges ever nearer to the publication of my next book, I feel myself sinking further and further into that vast pit of despair that writers often experience either midway through [...]

She stood with her arms crossed, although not in defiance, her eyes rolled slightly up into her head, and her lips pursed out of sheer frustration. I stood with my mouth open yet making no sound, my hands down at my sides, and my shoulders shrugged in ...

More years ago than I care to remember, I found myself at a writing conference in the pacific northwest. I remember islands. Islands and ferry boats and shades of blue. In those days writer wasn’t a word I would have used to describe myself. Many...

FYI, Da-da's gonna be writing some things... things, wonderful things... so he may be a bit spurious in the bloggy dept. He won't totally disengage from TOAMCDD simply because IT'S HALLOWEEN MONTH and Da-da's mind reels with Halloweeny parenting humor....

There’s nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and open a vein. ― Red Smith A week ago Friday I did the unthinkable. While burning midnight oil, I accidentally hit publish on the draft of a post I’d been working on. Then I...

Wouldn't it be nice if you had a book that could jumpstart your gaming sessions and get you headed down the road toward RPG rapture?

A few months back, I wrote about a very cool creative writing/creativity tool/parlor game called "The Storymatic." It's great for kickstarting story ideas. You draw cards with character details and plot situations and then run with the prompt to create stories. Now there's version just for the young-uns, called "The ...

When you're a child, the concept of getting your own mail is pretty exciting. Now imagine how cool it would be for your kids to regularly get letters from authors.

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