For my sins, on October 24 I’ve been invited to give a talk as part of “The Write Direction”, a seminar put on at Stephen’s College in Columbia by the Columbia Chapter of the Missouri Writers’ Guild. I’m quite used to standing up in front of a crowd of strangers to talk about estate planning, but this is something else …
Inspiring Quote About Inspiration
When asked if he wrote to a regular schedule, or just when he was struck by inspiration, Somerset Maugham answered, “I write only when inspiration strikes. Fortunately it strikes every morning at nine o’clock sharp.” Clever man. If you sit around waiting for inspiration to strike before you begin writing, guess what? Inspiration will toddle off and do something else. …
The Creative Process (First of an occasional series)
One of the things I’ve been wanting to write more about is the process by which my books emerge. Now seems like the time to do it, since I am not writing at the moment. I have various ideas in my head about the next book but they need to percolate a little more before I begin again. Anyway, I’m …