RAZORED ZEN

One thing I loved to read when I was a kid was Animal Stories. Jim Kjelgaard and Walter Farley were two of my favorite writers at that time...

Over on his site, Christopher Mills has a list of his top ten fictional characters. It seemed like a blogworthy sort of thing to do, so I ...

Last night I took a little time to go through my files, to see what stories and poetry I have out and what needs to be resubmitted. I used ...

In one of his comments on this blog, Stewart mentioned “grammar” as a possible element. My first though was “yes,” but then I began to thin...

Candice pointed out that we could add "Pa" for "Pacing" to our table of elements. And since Stewart has brought up ...

Our discussion of Plotting recently has gotten me thinking. Is there one element of writing that is more important than any other? Koontz ...

What follows is a Christmas poem I wrote for my 19 year old's first Christmas. How did the time get away? Merry Christmas to all. ...

I picked this up off an Amazon plog. It's Dean Koontz's response to a question about plotting: Q: Which do you think of first: char...

Stewart Sternberg is talking about what is happening to the short story over on his blog and that inspired a few thoughts. He believes the...

Since some discussion of plotting is going around I thought I'd throw in my 1.5 cents on the Plotters versus Seat-of-the-Pants writers. ...

I turned in my grades Sunday and Monday began my vacation. I did a bit of writing that day but mostly had to Christmas shop, run errands, a...

I just finished reading Hannibal Rising , primarily because I have an article due pretty soon on Thomas Harris. Despite reading it for work...

I'm going to put RZ E NEWS on the shelf for a bit and return to more serious commentary. It's pretty hard for me to maintain the il...

Williams Denies Charges . According to this interpretive reporter, Sidney Williams , revealed the other day on this very blog to be Satan’s...

Your syncopated correspondent has discovered that Sphinx Ink is actually a….pseudonym. Believe it or not, Sphinx Ink is not her real name...

Turmoil in New Orleans . This ineffectual correspondent has discovered that C.S. Harris and Candice Proctor are conjoined twins who were ne...

An examination of an ancient manuscript dating all the way back to 1989 has revealed that Sidney Williams , mildly mannered writer by day, i...

My writing group talked mostly about blogs last night. Three of six members have them, one more will be joining shortly, and a fifth member...

I'm reading a book about mutation and at one point the author suggests that early myths of the Cyclops came from folks finding the skull...

My friend Sphinx Ink has posted over on her blog about the case in which Janet Dailey admitted plagiarizing Nora Roberts in at least two of...