It comes and goes like a summer breeze...like a baby's smile...like the pain you get when you accidentally pinch your skin in between the chair and table, well, actually that last for a while, but the excitement for your story comes and goes. The more I write I'm finding out that I love thinking of ideas and when it comes down to guts of the story, well, like asking your children to do chores, it's gone. So how do you get it back? That is a great question. And the answer,

Being a husband, a father of four (extremely busy kids), and throwing in a part time job...where's there time to write. I could say, you need a schedule, which does help, but it only helps a little. Well, my dear friends, I have to say thank you for technology. Now you have the ability to access your writing from where ever you are, and when ever you actually have time. All at your fingertips. So I say to you, write, and write often...and you will eventually end up with a fin

I spend just about a year to think, outline, and write this, what I believe, is a wonderful novel. Then after all is said and done, I started to read it over and low and behold, mistakes up the wahzoo...I mean more than I can count on my hands and feet. I thought to myself, how could someone like me be so lenient on the the errors? Well, in my case, my mind tends to work in spurts, where sometimes things make sense, and others...well, who knows what I was thinking. That i

I should first start this blog entry off by saying...rejections sucks! Okay, now got that off my chest, I can continue. I'm discovering that rejection is not only a formality in the writer's world, but it can also be a very helpful tool. I've just received yet, another one of those "EHHH! Wrong answer, thanks for playing" responses. At first I took it to heart, but spending the first few moments thinking about every possible comeback remarks I could say or use, I decided t

Okay, so this is my new blog, and this is my very first post...yeah me. #first #post #blogger #blogging #author #writing

Over my lifetime I will probably experience many, but this one hit me hard. Okay, are you ready? Here it is...I'm not the only one with ideas! Better yet, I'm not the only with ideas similar to my own. I know crazy huh? Out of some-on billion people, who would have figured other writers will have somewhat similar ideas to my own. This shock came to me when I was on publishersmarketplace.com, a place I visit quite frequently, watching all the lucky authors, and dream tha