Starlog

  • Write a Story with Me #51: “Natalia could be the one” with Joe Owens

    Write a Story with Me is a group endeavor just for the fun of it.  A different writer adds a new 250 words each week.  It is the ultimate Flash Fiction Challenge! If you’d like to sign up, come on over.  There’s always room for more! Here’s this week’s excerpt.  We hope you enjoy! This… Read more

  • Aren’t stats just the coolest thing? People really do stop here. It blows me away.

    I just love Statistics.  Well, I love statistics that can be handed to me on a silver platter.  I leave the figuring out the statistics and other “mathy” things to Middle Dude.  His mom is mathematically challenged. Anyway, A year ago I started counting unique visitors to my site.  I know a lot of you… Read more

  • Learning to Draw Manga #6 – My first inked drawing

    Okay, I have succumbed to peer pressure! This week I moved on to the older character lesson.  When I looked at all the “odd” lines that I’d have to add, I was sure I’d mess this up.  When I was done, it didn’t look much like the sample drawing, but I was still pretty pleased… Read more

  • A Review of “Instinct” by J.A. Belfield

    I gave this novella a try despite my better judgment about a shorter work with the “same” characters in a different setting from the original novel Darkness and Light. DARKNESS AND LIGHT referenced a “past life” meeting between Jem and Sean, and this initial meeting is the premise for “Instinct”. The idea of werewolves in a… Read more

  • Rule #9 of 32 Simple Rules to the Writing the Best Novel Ever

    I’m dissecting the article Hunting Down the Pleonasm, by Allen Guthrie, using it as a cattle prod to search for little nasties in my manuscript.  Yep, you can join in the fun, too.  Let’s take a looksee at topic #9 9: Describe the environment in ways that are pertinent to the story. And try to make… Read more

  • Write a Story with Me #50 with Norah Jansen – You’ll never believe this one!

    Write a Story with Me is a group endeavor just for the fun of it.  A different writer adds a new 250 words each week.  It is the ultimate Flash Fiction Challenge! If you’d like to sign up, come on over.  There’s always room for more! Here’s this week’s excerpt.  We hope you enjoy! 50… Read more