Writer and Kung Fu Fighter
After all was said and done this morning, Mr. Dave Farland gave us writing assignment on description. Description is not one of my fortes, so it was probably good. I mean it was good . . . is good. The assignment included using three things to describe a scene, especially the parts of it that
Read MoreTomorrow at this time I will (should) be sitting in a hotel in St. George, Utah. Dave Farland’s Writer’s Death Camp starts Monday morning. I’m going. What was I thinking? I’m not ready for this kind of commitment! I’m not even sure I want to be a writer when I grow up. Of course growing
Read MoreThe other day I finished a packet of material that I received from Dave Farland. I’m going to his Writer’s Death Camp next week, and he suggested some reading before we got there. The information I was reading included his 10 steps to outlining a novel. I think it had a much better title than
Read MoreI am happy to report that the pumpkin made it up the stairs. Not only did he make it up the stairs, but he got gutted by Kathryn (who takes remarkable delight in scooping out the insides of innocent pumpkins) then first carved then wrapped by me. I call him Immie—short for Imhotep We have
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