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There are two parts of creativity that I’ve been able to delve very deeply into since I quit my day job last June. The first is writing. From National Novel Writing Month this November to the publishing three ebooks, posting on this blog, and the magazines I contribute to, it has not been an idle [...]

It’s the last week for the Rule of 3 blogfest so this is my fourth and final post. I have learned so much from this foray into short fiction; the weekly deadline to post, as well as the make believe world of Renaissance, have all given me a brief window into speculative fiction. I must [...]

The prompt I’m using in this 502 word post is: A relationship becomes complicated.   ——————————————————— Another wracking cough tore through Chem. Near the tent’s entrance, Sen stirred in her sleep, trying to catch the wisp of a breeze. While he was huddled in the far corner, trying to keep dust out of increasingly frail [...]

There’s an Alan Jackson song Where Were You When the World Stopped Turning? that was released shortly after the day that we all now refer to as 9/11. The media this week has been in a frenzy of reflections, recollections, and other reminders in case we forgot that it’s been 10 years since our lives [...]

I like to ruminate here about things that come up during the week, month, or life otherwise spent off screen. Since about mid-June, there’s an idea that people have repeated in hopes that I will implement. Usually it comes from men who are considered successful by many. They likely feel they are giving me, a [...]

If you are interested in books or publishing as an industry, you’ve no doubt heard the whispers that have now turned into a (sometimes screeching) full volume conversation about e-books, digital publishing, and how print books may soon be a thing of the 90′s. The views are varied as to how and when and what [...]

I’m not sure if it was attending Thrillerfest, or if thrillers are in the air due to their being a popular choice for summer reading but they certainly are gaining attention here in the Author’s Studio. My first interview for the Author’s Studio was with Terri Giuliano Long, author of In Leah’s Wake, a thriller, [...]

Vacation season in Qatar has begun – and most of the rest of the world as well – the planes, trains, and automobiles around the world are full of expectant, antsy, and jet lagged travelers, our family being no exception as we’ve used all three of these conveyances in the last month. Vacations are important [...]