David Sartof

A Very Public Encounter

Note: This Post Originally featured on the WickedWriters Blog…  http://thewickedwriters.blogspot.com/ Dylan Who? Not Bob, surely? A good friend suggested, when I mentioned that I was about to attend my first literary luncheon as a published author, that I should do a “Dylan Thomas” – “Just wear a scarf, drink a lot of alcohol, and you’ll…

It gets deeper… (the river, that is!)

Note: This Post Originally featured on the WickedWriters Blog…  http://thewickedwriters.blogspot.com/ Well, this week, I’m following the lead of C.J. and Greg, and opting to give you a taste of my work in progress. A simple explanation… I have mentioned before that I am a very poor reader. I don’t actually follow a great deal, so…

Yellow Beehives, Lipstick Teeth & Favorite Authors

Note: This Post Originally featured on the WickedWriters Blog…  http://thewickedwriters.blogspot.com/ Today, I am joined by my guest, Kate Porelli. One of the joys I have found since beginning to write fiction in earnest, and making that writing available on the internet, is coming to know a whole new bunch of exciting and interesting people, some…

VERBAL REASONING… Improvisation on-line, 101

Note: This Post Originally featured on the WickedWriters Blog…  http://thewickedwriters.blogspot.com/ Not the usual suspects… I, too, am a fan of on-line tools such as dictionaries and a good thesaurus. And, as for Wikipedia? Well, I find it a brilliant tool, despite the limitations of knowledge validation (which are, frankly, and in my humble opinion, in…

Influence? Quelle influence?

Note: This Post Originally featured on the WickedWriters Blog…  http://thewickedwriters.blogspot.com/ A personal problem…? OK, so here I am, trying to conceptualise my approach for this article on how my various hobbies and pastimes might influence my writing and… well, not for the first time on this Blog, I am struggling! I do things. I don’t…

Am I to Succu(m)b(us)…?

Note: This Post Originally featured on the WickedWriters Blog…  http://thewickedwriters.blogspot.com/ I am joined, today, by my friend Paula Phillips. Paula hails from New Zealand, is a Librarian by profession, and reads and reviews books from many different genres, from authors all around the world. Paula reviews books for a number of web sites, including http://www.chicklitclub.com/…

The interconnectedness of… nothing?

Note: This Post Originally featured on the WickedWriters Blog…  http://thewickedwriters.blogspot.com/ Where are James, Morgan and Kit when you want them? Here am I, with this d**n blog post to put together… I ask you, ‘series’? “Write about your favourite series,” said she who must be obeyed. (Sorry, C.J. – couldn’t resist that one!) What does…

Just a Thought?

Note: This Post Originally featured on the WickedWriters Blog…  http://thewickedwriters.blogspot.com/ Well, here I go, straight into my first piece of Flash Fiction. I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed writing it. If you do, I could be tempted to write more. Though I still think a short story should last longer that…

Long live the book… A view on the publishing industry

Note: This Post Originally featured on the WickedWriters Blog…  http://thewickedwriters.blogspot.com/ Given the subject of our posts this week – our opinions of the publishing industry – I thought it might be a useful idea to revisit an earlier post I had placed on my own blog. (A blog which has now, to a large extent,…

A Muse in…

Note: This Post Originally featured on the WickedWriters Blog…  http://thewickedwriters.blogspot.com/ OK, so what has a Muse got to do with my writing? Is there really some external force, controlled by a goddess (is that one, three, or nine?) or spirit (presumably also female) who is the source of all knowledge feeding my imagination with poetic…