It is a cool, slightly overcast morning. I’d like to be in my garden, planting more of the bedding plants I have waiting, puttering, pruning and plucking weeds. It has been a very long wait for spring this year, and every fiber of my being is screaming to get outside, play in the dirt, create […]
Not many authors can claim to have had a wide readership for thirty years, but that’s exactly the milestone fantasy writer Raymond E. Feist celebrates this year. Back in 1982, Feist wrote his first novel Magician, a story about an... […]
A new Irish post stamp issued by Dublin's General Post Office contains a 224 word short story. The stamp was issued to celebrate Dublin's permanent designation in July 2010 as a UNESCO City of Literature. The short story was written last year by Eoin Moore, a regular participant at the Fighting Words creative writing center. The short story was the […]
How far can a character go before she’s “out of character”? Here’s how to use the interplay of context, conflict and contradiction to your story’s advantage. Read more […]