Monthly Archives: March 2011

So…back from a series of health problems that finally centered in on an incorrectly diagnosed abscess. Can you say threatened septicemia? But after an operation and a whack of antibiotics I’m my old chipper self. What it did bring to … Continue reading →

One way into a story that I’ve mentioned before is place, setting, environment. Let’s take, only to show the way this can go, that most cliched of settings/environments – a rainy day. Note that a rainy day isn’t enough by … Continue reading →

My last post diverged a little bit from straight story ideas to talk about how to do something with that idea once you had it – how to actually move from some vague idea for a story or desire to … Continue reading →