My mother-in-law’s birthday and we are at a steak place. This is not just a steak place, this is a Steak Place. Dim lighting, comfortable seating, well-dressed serving staff, and even fancy menus, makes this one of the nicest places in town to buy a steak. The meal gets to us and after this perfect… Continue reading Illusions of Dialogue: The Revealing Character
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Lost Confessions: Living Room 3
Alright, I am almost positive the guy’s name is Patron. I talked to my landlord again today, this time with Marigold herself. She said there were a lot of mixed signs. One guy (Tony) had dark hair ’til the day he died. One guy (her father, Patron) would be wearing a suit and might be… Continue reading Lost Confessions: Living Room 3
The Friday 13 with Shawn D. Robertson
Shawn D. Robertson was born a Massachusetts (U.S.) native, and the New England weather and culture would forever influence his life and his writing. In fifth grade he got to write his first original piece of creative writing, as an assignment from a substitute teacher. Turns out the piece was pretty good, and the teacher… Continue reading The Friday 13 with Shawn D. Robertson
The End of Aggression
Well, Cage was big. He was broad in the shoulders and had big hands, and he had a meanness to him that would take him by surprise. He could not understand it. Could not place the thing within him that made him aggressive. Every now and then, for no reason and with no provocation, he… Continue reading The End of Aggression
The Friday 13 with Tony Duxbury
Tony Duxbury is an expat Brit living in Guatemala, Central America. He has lived there for over 20 years. He is now a retired English Language teacher. He claims that title only because it is the longest job he has ever had. Previous work has been anything from commercial artist to dishwasher. 1.Why storytelling? What… Continue reading The Friday 13 with Tony Duxbury
Building a Style
I had not done my homework, and my voice and my style were suffering. I went to a workshop aspiring writers called Break Out Novel Intensive put on by a genius named Donald Maass. Donald is an agent in New York with an impressive client list as well as an author himself who writes under… Continue reading Building a Style
Lost Confessions: Living Room 2
So I asked my landlord. His name is Mentor and he is one of my best friends, my beer drinking buddy and the guy I talk football with. I told him I am seeing a ghost and this good buddy of mine laughed at me. “You been hittin those Millers pretty hard, have you?” he… Continue reading Lost Confessions: Living Room 2
