The Arc of Casa Colando

The Arc of Casa Colando

 Our house is a very, very, very fine house in the parlance of Graham Nash. But our house one-ups his storied home in Laurel Canyon where he co-habited with Joni Mitchell and two cats—our house has a past, a potentially dangerous past due to its connection with...
Revenge, Reward, Redemption in a Book

Revenge, Reward, Redemption in a Book

Welcome to the August Installment of the Insecure Writers Support Group (IWSG) blog  http://www.insecurewriterssupportgroup.com The awesome and invigorating online support group was initiated by Ninja Alex Cavanaugh. Be certain to pay homage by reading and commenting...
Aphasia is not an April Fool Trick

Aphasia is not an April Fool Trick

As you may recall, Constant Reader, this is a Boomer blog, though my posts aren’t always humorous. Nor the posts confined to Boomer issues. But today’s blog is. Today’s topic may be a concern for you… maybe not, but it certainly is for me....
Write or Wrong – Just Do It!

Write or Wrong – Just Do It!

Whether you remain in quarantine or not, this recent set of months (nearly a year in CA where I reside) could have been monumentally productive… or not. Did You Just Do It? Did you devolve into obsessive COVID worry, attempting to get on a list – any list...
Revenge, Reward, Redemption in a Book

The Derivational History of Songs

https://www.insecurewriterssupportgroup.com Back story – what every writer is admonished to filter throughout the chapters of a book. Thou shalt not begin with back story is a commandment of the highest order. Infuse the back story of characters and actions in...