Gordon Gravley 8/14/21 Gordon Gravley 8/14/21

Slash-n-Burn, Nip-n-Tuck: A Few Words About Editing

As a reader, you may wonder a bit about the rewriting process. As a writer, you may not appreciate the importance of a good editor.

Maybe I can shed a little light on the matter.

Gordon Gravley 4/2/21 Gordon Gravley 4/2/21

Where Are You Going?

You’ve got an idea for a writing project: a novel, short story, screenplay, blogsite or what-have-you. Now what? Where are you going with your inspiration and just when does the writing begin?

3/4/21 3/4/21

Not Another Blog

Last month I wrote about autobiographies and confused memories. (Feel free to peruse Fallacies of Memory, in case you missed it. I’ll wait.)

2/4/21 2/4/21

Fallacies of Memory

I’d been giving some thought to writing my autobiography. Then I quickly answered – No.

1/7/21 1/7/21

Why Write?

In my post Progress, Not Perfection, I go on about journaling and, specifically, the use of “prompted” journals. The prompt I was given for my January 1st, 2021 entry was: Why do you write? What does it do for you?

12/3/20 12/3/20

Zombies Among Us

I’ve never been much interested in your run-of-the-mill monsters: vampires, werewolves, and the like. Especially zombies. Lately, however, I’ve been re-thinking my take on those groaning, flesh-eating, walking-corpse-types.

11/5/20 11/5/20

Sunrise People

Last month I wrote a few thoughts about people who take time to enjoy sunsets. Now let’s look at those who prefer to watch the sun come up each day.

10/3/20 10/3/20

Sunset People

There’s two kind of people in the world: Those who enjoy ending their day by watching the sunset, and those who prefer to see the sun come up each morning.

9/6/20 9/6/20

100 Dreams (Give or Take 84)

I recently read Brad and Sheena van Orden’s 927 Days of Summer, a travelogue of their experience driving around the world in a VW Vanagon. It is a chronicle full of adventures and stories. One of which occurs early in the book,

8/8/20 8/8/20

Writer Envy (or Man, I Wish I'd Written That!)

There are numerous articles on “writerly jealousy,” as a simple search via your browser will reveal. This post is to be yet another. However, I feel I need to begin by clarifying that, by definition, it cannot be referred to as jealousy – it is envy.