I love music. All kinds. And I'm constantly discovering new songs, new artists, and new genres and sub genres of music. It inspires me. I have playlist upon playlist for the stories I write. I hear a certain song, and something flickers to life inside my mind--a story, a character, a scene, an emotion--and I …
Writer’s Block
The bane of my existence. Writer's block. To call this debilitating paralysis a block is to call a catastrophic dismemberment a flesh wound. I've been trying to ride the wave, sitting at my desk, word processor open, attempting to push through and persevere. And I've been mostly doom scrolling and binge watching Netflix. This is …
The Agony and the Ecstasy of Pathos
My first short story was published in the 80s, on an online bulletin board system called Star Text, which was a site run by The Fort Worth Star Telegram. I was seventeen years old and full of all kinds of pluck, thrilled to see my name in print along with the artfully ambitious short story …