Writing 
For thoughts on writing and the creative process.
Writing Challenge 16
It’s time for The Poisoned Martini ‘s latest Writing Challenge! As a means to inspire writing, The Poisoned Martini is featuring an image to spark creativity. Such images, because of their visual nature, vividly speak to writers and spark ideas for writing. The idea is to view the image below and to write a scene,… Read More ›
Writing Challenge 15
It’s time for The Poisoned Martini’s latest Writing Challenge! As a means to inspire writing, The Poisoned Martini is featuring an image to spark creativity. Such images, because of their visual nature, vividly speak to writers and spark ideas for writing. The idea is to view the image below and to write a scene, a… Read More ›
Branding for Writers
We, as writers/authors, are our own brands. In most cases, our brand is our name (or the name we chose to write under). In the past, the chances of your name (or chosen pseudonym) being the same as another author’s were slim. However, with today’s internet, chances are you’re competing with others who share your… Read More ›
Writing Challenge 14
It’s time for The Poisoned Martini’s latest Writing Challenge! As a means to inspire writing, The Poisoned Martini is featuring an image to spark creativity. Such images, because of their visual nature, vividly speak to writers and spark ideas for writing. The idea is to view the image below and to write a scene, a… Read More ›
Writing Challenge 13
It’s time for The Poisoned Martini’s latest Writing Challenge! As a means to inspire continued writing, The Poisoned Martini is featuring an image to spark creativity. Such images, because of their visual nature, vividly speak to writers and spark ideas for writing. The idea is to view the image below and to write a scene, a short… Read More ›
Writing Challenge 12
December brings The Poisoned Martini’s latest Writing Challenge. As a means to inspire continued writing, The Poisoned Martini is featuring an image to spark creativity. The idea is to write a scene, a short story, a chapter, a novella, or maybe even a novel! Last month’s picture was not from real life, but rather from The Sims 3 PC game using… Read More ›
Miss Marple: a Life and Times
Another entry from the file of “Things Kept!” Here’s another college term paper of interest to mystery readers. This one was for an introductory course, Anthropology 101. You know, one of those courses where you attend the large lecture hall with the ant-like professor lecturing at the front of the auditorium and then further discussion… Read More ›
An Unrealistic Genre
Unearthed from my archives of things kept, I present a college midterm paper of interest to kick of Blog Week V. For those who wonder what shapes a writer’s ideas and craft, the answers lie in our experiences past and present. Those books, movies, and plays we’ve seen or read and the environment in which we… Read More ›
The Tragedy of Whitehall
Here is the prologue of The Tragedy of Whitehall, the fantasy novel I’ve decided to work on as part of NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) 2012. I’ve long had the concept for this prelude novel to a fantasy trilogy, which is in turn part of a larger fantasy series that I’ve yet to come up with… Read More ›
Writing Challenge 11
November is National Novel Writing Month, so will this month’s Writing Challenge spur an idea for a whole novel? It’s time for The Poisoned Martini’s newest Writing Challenge. As a means to inspire continued writing, The Poisoned Martini is featuring an image to spark creativity. The idea is to write a scene, a short story, a… Read More ›
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