Well, we're mostly settled into our new place, so the dust is slowly settling from all of that. Well mostly settled. Still unpacking and organizing where we want things to go and how, but that's just normal after a move. But sometimes figuring out how to organize your story and where you want certain events or revelations to go can also be pretty tricky. It can even lead to problems I'd never thought about, like Writer's Block. Or, as it was with me recently, STEALTH WR

Isaac Asimov is well known for his extremely numerous writing contributions to science and science fiction. But not everyone knows he was also a mystery author and regular contributor to Ellery Queen Magazine, as well as a few others. His most famous crime sleuths never actually went to a crime scene, nor did they go into police headquarters and announce they had cracked an important case. No, these amateur sleuths, who call themselves the Black Widowers because once a mont

I like to talk about writing and the different aspects of it. Recently I got to wondering about where it all begins. Where do most stories originate or come from in the first place? Naturally the answer is a person gets an idea and starts to explore different avenues with it. But that wasn't good enough of an answer to me. I had to ask, where does the idea come from in the first place? Where does idea get its beginning? What if... I began to ask and then stopped. I

Besides talking about writing and our own works, you will find that we also post reviews of other authors books. Today I am reviewing the first in Gigi Sedlmayer's - Talon series. Have you ever felt like you would never fit in? Of course you have, we all have at one point or another. But for some this is not simply being awkward socially, but much more. For 10 year old Matica, the problem is a physical one. She is not growing. Despite her age and having a younger brothe