Latest Blog Posts for Eric's Blog: Thoughts on Writing and Publishing

• The Short Story: Structure
  on Dec 25, 2010 in writing short stories writing process writing short fiction writing short stories
  A short story can be structured in a myriad of ways, but experience dictates to me that the VAST majority of stories do not need complicated structures to work well. More to the point, I find that the VAST majority of stories that try to do “creati...
• The Short Story: Getting Started – Part 2
  on Dec 22, 2010 in writing setting short stories writing process writing short fiction writing short stories
  I said we’d talk more this time about setting, but as I’ve already written about that issue here, this will be a quicker coverage. At the risk of being called out for oversimplification, outside of pure genre fiction, I find setting to be...
• The Short Story: Getting Started
  on Dec 21, 2010 in writing short stories writing process writing short fiction writing short stories
  There is no right way to start a short story. There are certainly no hard and fast rules about it, at any rate. When setting out to write a short story, I find it helpful to have one potent image or line from which to launch myself. I frequently find...
• The Short Story: Part 1
  on Dec 6, 2010 in writing short stories writing process writing short fiction writing short stories
  So recently, I had someone ask me, “How do you write a short story?” And, I did what any writer who wants to give a conscientious answer to that question does. I froze, like a deer in the headlights. Then, I stammered out some advice that I suspe...
• Thanksgiving and Writing
  on Nov 25, 2010 in writing character building character voice charcterization novel writing voice writing characters
  Once more Annual Turkey Consumption Day has arrived. So for all you writers out there, here’s a small bit of food for thought to ponder in your post-gluttony, turkey-induced, narcoleptic state. As a group, writers tend to think that we need to...
• What Grey’s Anatomy Taught Me about Writing
  on Nov 18, 2010 in writing grey's anatomy writing characters
  Recently, in a desperate bit to impress a woman, I watched an episode of Grey’s Anatomy.  (Okay, it wasn’t really desperate or any particular bid to impress her.  We were watching TV and it’s what she had on DVR, but I like to open blog posts...
• Lazarus Rises
  on Oct 23, 2010 in writing
  So I’ve been away from the old writing blog for some time now. There’s a number of reasons for that absence. Life events that need no mention here led to me packing up and moving halfway across the country. I also started a master̵...
• Writing for a Living
  on May 31, 2010 in writing writing for a living writing process writing professionally
  Writing for a living is an entirely different proposition than writing for self-enjoyment or as a hobby. For most writers, that being writers who only write on the side of a day job, you can afford to have an off day or to chase your muse. When you...
• Eat of Life
  on May 26, 2010 in writing credibility in writing writing process
  Writing eats. Only what it craves, feeds on like a carnivorous beast, is experiences. Right now, you’re thinking, “Yeah, I’ve heard this all before.” Yet, if we look back at some of the more interesting writers, there is a pattern...
• Novel Availability Details
  on May 24, 2010 in Uncategorized
  I am frequently asked where to find copies of my novel in print and ebook formats.  Seeing that I am running a Memorial Day Sale this week, it’s as good a time as any to post this information.  Please note that the discounts/coupon codes are...

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