When I was younger, I had dreams of being a fantastic author. I had always been a smart kid, often regarded as above average in academic subjects. So why shouldn’t I think that I would be successful as an author? I did have all the requisites: a good …
Although I’ve been writing most of my life, school, work, and family often interfered with some of the requirements of becoming an effective writer. One of the main requirements is having a dedicated effort to write, if not every day, at least as often as possible. Life gets in the …
Have you ever considered trying your hand at fiction writing? Have you ever thought that maybe you knew the characters better than the author? Or you would write a story differently than the author did? Then perhaps you are a candidate to write fanfiction. If …
I usually try to keep politics out of my stories. By politics, I am usually referring to current political issues regarding policy issues. Unfortunately, politics often now includes social issues that go beyond justice, civil liberties, or the use of tax revenues. While some of these social issues …
Writing at any time of the year is not a piece of cake. Sure, a lot of people think that writing is so easy that anyone can do it, but the truth of the matter is that writing requires specific skills and training (better pay attention in English class, …
Guess what? I get a month off! Well, not really. I’m house-sitting my son’s house while he’s galivanting on some other continent, giving talks on nuclear physics or some such topic I barely understand. But I’m not complaining. It’s an air conditioned house, I have access to his record collection, and my dog has a …